Possible Improvements for future releases are - BINARY mode not working! See prepared tests in Polynomial-test.C. 1) introduce CGAL number type traits and remove ring_or_field from RPolynomial popping up in Extended_homogeneous and Extended_cartesian 2) transfer plane map to Lutz's new HDS/Topological Map mainly deferred by MSVC limitations 3) transfer extended kernel traits classes to functor design this has deep impact in many algorithmic modules.