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 version 1.0 battle plan
 =======================
 
+- introduce ``nkStmtListExpr`` for template/macro invokations to produce
+  better stack traces
+- let 'doAssert' analyse the expressions and produce more helpful output
 - fix "high priority" bugs
 - try to fix as many compiler crashes as reasonable