| a usually unwritten list of things one wishes for: Money is on everyone's wish list. |
| wish list n. An often mental list of things wanted or wished for. |
wish list jargon
A list of desired features or bug fixes that probably won't get done for a long time, usually because the person responsible for the code is too busy or can't think of a clean way to do it. "OK, I'll add automatic filename completion to the wish list for the new interface."
Compare tick-list features.
[Does anybody call this a "want list"?]
[The Jargon File]
(1998-04-28)