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#Planned features for release 2.8/2.9

##Floating point precision * who: Bill * switch to binary precision * has already needed a lot of work, will need considerably more; a simple version COULD be included, a full redesign MUST NOT be included as it will break too many things

##Precedence of variables * who: Karim * varhigher/varlower MUST be fully supported

##L-functions * who: Pascal, Henri * documentation and tests need to be added * then some non-controversial simple functions SHOULD be added (plotting, for instance) * more functions CAN be added in a later release

##Elliptic curves over finite fields and CM * who: Hamish * lots of useful code is already present in the master branch, but only a few functions have been exported so far * public interfaces need to be discussed and fixed * then the functions decided upon MUST be included

##Algebras over number fields * who: Aurel * many functions are already present in the master branch * some tests and documentation should be added * the prefix MUST be changed to alg

##Modular symbols * who: Karim * only Gamma_0 (N) is supported * several functions are already present in the master branch * the prefix stays at ms * Gamma_0 (1) MUST be supported

##Data structures * who: Bill * only used in GP, not the PARI library * Tree * Map ** associative array, values are stored under keys ** interface: constructor Map, mapput(M,key,val), mapget(M,key)