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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Features of the new design:
 
 # TODO
 
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 - Finish Scalaxy/Reified integration (started under CLFunc / CLFuncUtils)
 - Add more tests: DataIO, CodeConversion, scheduling, uniqueness / caching of kernels
 - Implement more DataIO[T], support case classes as tuples