Fun syntax & language feature poll

[James Hague]

>Depending on how such an extension is done,
>we may also have to fix records, since record
>names often are reused and the scope of a record
>declaration is somewhat ad hoc.

Are any record changes expected in R9?  I've been hearing about records
becoming separate types (not just tuples) and better record support in the
shell for what seems like years now :)