Support #140
Doc & example for convert
Description
Alessandra reported (some time ago) that the doc for convert was rather unclear -- she could not figure out how to call the various fns, nor what the differences were.
There is no example prog; a good start is to translate test-convert1 into ex-convert1
History
#1
Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti almost 12 years ago
Updated by - Category set to Documentation
#2
Updated by John Abbott almost 12 years ago
Updated by - Subject changed from example for convert to Doc & example for convert
#3
Updated by John Abbott about 11 years ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
- Assignee set to John Abbott
- Target version set to CoCoALib-0.9953
- % Done changed from 0 to 30
JAA has improved the doc for the type conversion fns convert, IsConvertible and ConvertTo.
Still to be done: create an example showing how to use the conversion fns.
PS is the convert procedure ever useful now? JAA thinks that IsConvertible and ConvertTo will be generally better.
#4
Updated by John Abbott about 11 years ago
- % Done changed from 30 to 70
I have removed convert (and replaced all calls to it).
Modified the doc for the conversion functions.
Modified the test for the conversion functions.
Checked in everything except OrdvArith (pending finalization of another improvement).
#5
Updated by John Abbott about 11 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
- % Done changed from 70 to 90
All calls to convert have been eliminated (replaced).
The conversion from BigInt and BigRat to string has been moved into files containing those classes -- currently they are not publicly accessible (because I cannot think of when it might be useful).
Note: replacing calls to convert by calls to ConvertTo improved readability in every case!
#6
Updated by John Abbott almost 11 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed
- % Done changed from 90 to 100
No troubles after 2 months in "feedback", so closing.
I have improved the doc slightly (added a couple of missing conversions).