-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// TODO:
-//
-// - fix public/package/private status
-//
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Optimizations to add
-//
-// ** NOTE: not all of these are appropriate for this class -- it is
-// simply a list of optimizations not implemented. This
-// class is meant to remain simple and easy to understand;
-// optimizations which obscure that do not belong here (they
-// should go into the compiled version instead)
-