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+### TODO list for the SYCL Explicit SIMD extension.
+
+A place for TODO items/feedback regarding the extension in addition to the
+github issues mechanism.
+
+#### Front-End
+
+1. Fix a generic (unrelated to ESIMD) issue [1811](https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/1811) with lambda/functor function
+   detection. Needed to improve diagnostics, fix attribute propagation.  
+   ETA: ???