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From 19 Mar 2014 to 17 Apr 2014
17 Apr 2014
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20:18 Feature #414: New fn to increase max recursion depth
- Works OK up to stack size of about 5400; at 5500 I get a SEGV. Why????
Also get SEGV without @--stacksize@ option; ... -
- I've implemented a "quick fix":
* ctor @RuntimeEnvironment@ now has extra arg for specifying @MaxStackSize@
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- *Anna* will check the manual!
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- *The solution chosen is (c)*
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- Want to discuss precise specifications of the fn.
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- We will discuss the design/names @IntersectList@ @intersection@ etc??
16 Apr 2014
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- *Do the "quick fix"!* Not satisfactory, but a proper soln is going to be costly :-(
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- JAA must give Anna Giulia's code!
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- JAA suggests:
* one page about string literals, concat and indexing
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- I tried @cocoa-5.0.9-text-mac10.6.tgz@ (28 Mar 2014) on my machine; it did not start...
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14:11 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- Some explanation on NmzIntegrate:
The possible input is basically the same as for Normaliz. This means the cone re... -
- Which example do you mean? For me all the newer ones (from update 10 on) are working. The older should work too if yo...
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08:29 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- The example in the description does not work.
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- Implementation is in @ToString.H/C@
@DecimalStr@ now defaults to 3 digits after decimal point.
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- I tested the new *DecimalStr*: I'd prefer 3 digits after "." by default (instead of 4).
I find it more natural to gro... -
- [I've already written this in #419]
I tested the new *DecimalStr*: I'd prefer 3 digits after "." by default (instead... -
- It seems to work OK for me too.
I do vaguely recall discovering what the problem was and then fixing it (but evident... -
- Feedback
Works fine for me, no problems in strings or comments. Has this been fixed already? -
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- Final testing (thanks Oscar Fernández Ramos!)
There are problems when loading CUA-mode (for copying and pasting wi...
15 Apr 2014
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- It works. Closing.
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- Now it should recognize all properly written keywords (*PriNT* is accepted but not properly written)
Now there is an ...
14 Apr 2014
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- > JAA suggests putting it in *MatrixOperations*
(after talking about it on the phone) moved all *Is..* functions f... -
- John Abbott wrote:
> JAA suggests putting it in *@MatrixOperations@*
OK. Should we also move *IsZeroRow/Col*? -
- JAA suggests putting it in *@MatrixOperations@*
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- Added to cocoa-5
I had to add *evalArgAsT1orT2orT3orT4orT5orT6orT7* in *Interpreter.H*.
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- Implemented as described above.
Seems to work (added test @IsZero(ZeroMat(R, 12345,67890))@ and is fast).
But where... -
- JAA suggests as a general rule: try to avoid designing tests that produce much output (unless the test specifically c...
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- I noticed that CoCoAInterpreter for 10.5 works on my 10.6.
... so John fixed it?
What about viceversa?
John: could... -
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- Should this function work only for list of RINGELEM?
If so we can directly use *HasUniqueOwner*, otherwise is is ver... -
- I think that now the manual is more diligently updated than the *Translation table*.
Close this issue?
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- Now the make target is done and works well. Moreover generating the TeX documentation is actually useful for checkin...
13 Apr 2014
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- I tried implementing it in a clever way but got stuck.
(clever = ZeroImpl gives true, IdentityImpl gives false, ...)...
11 Apr 2014
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- @DecimalStr@ etc now implemented in CoCoALib.
I note that the package contains two non exported fns: @Atan@ and @Pi@... -
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- Most operations have been implemented by now.
Remaining functions will be under their own "issue".
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- I improved my script, but I don't know if the libraries are statically or dynamically linked.
Could you check if wha...
10 Apr 2014
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- now it prints the ring itself (when ring is uniquely defined)...
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- (Naive resolution implemented) now shifts are tested and working fine. Closing.
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- Implemented @FloatApprox@ (binary version) in CoCoALib. Documented.
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- John Abbott wrote:
> I suggest replacing clas @MantExp@ by @MantExp10@ (or @Mant10Exp@);
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- Seems to work, needs proper tests.
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- (design, testing, documenting)
Public functions are *PrintRes*, *PrintBettiMatrix* and *PrintBettiDiagram*.
Documen...
09 Apr 2014
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- I have added an entry for @TimeFrom@ to the C5 manual.
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- I suggest replacing class @MantExp@ by @MantExp10@ (or @Mant10Exp@);
and then create new class @MantExp2@ (or @Mant2E... -
- It seems to be mostly impl'ed (in file @decimal.C@); not documented though!
There is disagreement about what @Decima... -
- All the fns which were exported by @float.cpkg5@ are now in CoCoALib.
Remove @float.cpkg5@?
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- Create a new package called @OBSOLESCENT.cpkg5@ into which we put obsolescent functions (with an "expiration date").
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- I think the doc for the parser/interpreter should be separate from CoCoALib doc; the doc should be somewhere in the s...
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- Renamed function @list@ to @GetRows@ (compatible with @GetRow@).
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- The problem arises in my more recent Emacs (24.3) but not in my older installation (23.1).
In any case, there coul... -
- A package protected variable should "know" which package protected it (and this info should be indicated along with a...
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- I have implemented the suggestion in comment-2.
Changing status to feedback.
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- Why do we get different error messages?...
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- I now have implemented *(Print)BettiMatrix* and *(Print)BettiDiagram* in CoCoALanguage.
Where should they go? What s... -
- Implement a naive version of resolution and Betti numbers while hoping for the (very delicate) optimized *resolution*...
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- I have now split the man page into 3: separate pages for @and@, @or@ and @not@.
08 Apr 2014
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- added *shifts(FreeModule)*
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- added *submodule(gens)*
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- Now that *shifts* is ported to CoCoA-5 more testing can be done.
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- Now we have *submodule(gens)* issue #200
so this is now more compact... -
- Fixed the code for adding the shifts.
Needs more testing and flexible interfaces.
This is essentially what we can d... -
- the text compilation for cocoa-5 produces *CoCoAInterpreter*, the GUI compilation produces *C5*.
Should we give them... -
- I have a private script for making a fairly automatic text release.
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- Added release for GUI Windows (thanks to Jan Limbeck).
Downloaded and tested on our virtual machine.
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- I like the idea of making them all "compatible".
Another option would be to have an @enum@ with one value for each... -
- the functions *EvalArgAsT1OrT2OrT3...* modify the last argument (int) giving 1 or 2 or 3...
the functions *EvalArgAs... -
- I modernized *RingOf*: code much much nicer now!
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- I've done some work on *gcd* and *lcm* (among the worst).
I think it's more readable now.
NB: There is no *PtrCastL... -
- Many functions calling to *WrongTypeException* could be modernized using *EvalArgAsT1OrT2..* making the code shorte, ...
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04 Apr 2014
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- I cleaned up the keywords definitions. (removed some duplicates, still a few left)
I had problems with regexps but I... -
- We are now encouraging lower case keywords, so the emacs interface must be able to recognise them, colour them, inden...
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- The online help prints an entry if the title is an exact match for the search key (which is not the case for "Not, An...
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- This should be quick & easy!
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- Various changes to the manual have greatly improved findability and readability.
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- No complaints in over a year --> closing.
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- I believe I have seen it with the 5.0.9 internal release.
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- This should be easy (but you never know!).
Moving to after Easter as it is unimportant.
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- JAA suggests documenting and publishing @TimeFrom@ but not @CpuTimeFrom@.
Really @CpuTimeFrom@ seems superfluous to ... -
- Only the function @FloatApprox@ remains to be done.
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- This has already been done (long ago?): @AsINT@ and @AsRAT@ can be applied to @RINGELEM@ belonging to finite characte...
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- Here's a possible defn for @DECLARE_MISSING_EXTLIB@...
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- Closing because already covered by #395
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- Closing because already covered by #395
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- What about ACRONYMs? So far @gcd@ and @lcm@ are lowercase.
What about C5 language keywords?
The next actions:
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- The "See also" list is determined by whoever wrote the manual entry (its contents are "handwritten").
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- JAA does not like the duplication:
* it makes us look inept (why didn't we bother to "clean" one of the lists?)
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- In some cases there is duplication in the lists of "See also" and "All other matches".
A specific instance is:
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- A page summarising all operators (aka "shortcuts") has been around for a while; deft use of keywords makes the page f...
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- Scan file for lines starting with @/**/@ inside a @<example>...</example>@ block. Check that the CoCoA commands work...
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- Write a script/program which automatically checks all examples in the manual.
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- "incr" is most used in @list.cpkg5@ for @QuickSort1@ and @QuickSortBy1@.
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- John Abbott wrote:
> Wouldn't it be better to wait for the outcome of #504 before changing the packages?
John Abb...
03 Apr 2014
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- Wouldn't it be better to wait for the outcome of #504 before changing the packages?
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- use *incr* when possible in packages
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- When I wrote the script for dealing with the defines (old problem with Normaliz) I didn't know it would matter.
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- *make-c5makefile.sh* places "defines" (-D..) in *QMAKE_CXXFLAGS* but they should go in *DEFINES*.
No problems on a M... -
- John Abbott wrote:
> Using @fgrep "+1;" *.cpkg5@ produced about 30 lines which could be modified to use @incr@ or @d... -
- Added the releases (and fixing the scripts producing them)
Some cosmetic changes to the side menu
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- all binaries have been released for text/emacs interface
(mac 10.6/10.5, linux 32/64, win)
gui only for mac 10.6
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02 Apr 2014
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- minimalize, minimalized have been implemented for ideal using *MinGens*.
Implement it for (sub)modules -
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- The C5 impl is trivial and works; its correctness etc depend on the CoCoALib impl (which is complete but can be impro...
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- Tests for CoCoA-5 are run automatically by *make*.
It would be nice to have at least a partial set of test in the Co... -
- John: please send me *CoCoAInterpreter* for 10.5
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- Christof Soeger wrote:
> If you cannot have -- you should also not have ++, it is just to confusing and inconsistent... -
- From the existing alternatives I also prefer (E) since it is clearly understandable. If you cannot have -- you should...
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- Would we really want all 4 operators @+=@, @-=@, @*=@ and @/=@?
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- We could also have the @++@ operator but cannot have @--@ because that is used to mark end-of-line comments. In my o...
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- I like the @+=@ syntax very much, so I would vote for it.
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- I think @+=@ is a big step over *incr*. After all how often we have *for* loops with step different from one?
I agr... -
- Has this been done somehow?
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- Is that still true? Ask the students ;-)
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- I think we should have *IsZero* for *MAT*
01 Apr 2014
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- Using @fgrep "+1;" *.cpkg5@ produced about 30 lines which could be modified to use @incr@ or @decr@.
Let's try in ... -
- Now that I've implemented new fns @incr@ and @decr@, I wonder whether it wouldn't have been more sensible to implemen...
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- Check download page
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- The example given in the C5 online manual *fails* (because it uses reduction mod p).
31 Mar 2014
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- I'm a little undecided.
I'm not so convinced by @CpuTimeFrom(T)@; it's longer than @CpuTime()-T@ and does not seem... -
- you are right, it's annoying having to write *DecimalStr(...)*.
This is my trivial suggestion... -
- Even worse: @BringIn@ fails to construct the hom from @ZZ/(11)[x,y,z]@ to @ZZ/(11)[x,y,z],Lex@
This is embarassing!
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30 Mar 2014
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- What about a @StrTimer@ which automatically returns a string?
That would avoid the tedious need to call @DecimalStr@... -
- Once strange aspect of a @TIMER@ object is that @T=T@ may sometimes return @false@
I wonder whether the value prod... -
- Here's an idea. Create a new fn called *@timer@* (or *@NewTimer@) which creates a @TIMER@ object.
When you evaluate...
28 Mar 2014
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- Added a new page (in commands) called *@list constructors@*.
Reduced existing page for @in@ to a reference to @list ... -
- The "Intro to XYZ" idea is good, but I do not much like the title.
Maybe "XYZ in CoCoA", or "Using XYZ", or "Creatin... -
- It seems that pages like *Introduction to ...* could indeed be nice.
The current one are usually far too long: simpl... -
- JAA thinks that this could be hard to do portably.
A potentially simpler solution would be to have some way of mar... -
- If we input ...
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- In CoCoA-4 the function *TestSet* was a fast way to compute the GBasis of a Toric ideal wrt to some ordering.
Invest... -
- Note that it is common for personal "init" files to have name which begin with dot so that they remain "invisible" wh...
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- JAA has made a simplistic impl.
Documentation?
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- Added *MinGens*
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- I have updated the *CoCoA translation table* for functions in CoCoA-4, CoCoA-5, CoCoALib
http://cocoa.dima.unige.it/... -
- Alessandro Cartatone found this page (that means: there's nothing we can do except telling the user how to do)
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- John Abbott wrote:
> I think that @N@, @X@ and @L@ should be in a different font from the main text.
we should us... -
- Even though *CoCoAHelp.xml* isn't all written like that (too dangerous to do by emacs-magic), the end results (online...
27 Mar 2014
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- If @L@ is a list C5 cannot compute @-L@ but it can compute @(-1)*L@ and also @L1-L2@ if @L1@ and @L2@ are lists. Thi...
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- *ADD* this code as a CoCoA-5 package (or reimpl in CoCoALib).
26 Mar 2014
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- Was tougher than I expected: ironically the core code (GBasis) was all done, but updating the module/submodule/FGModu...
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- Written documentation.
The only negative aspect is that the user must write @ref@ before the arg;
if we define co...
25 Mar 2014
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- Add an easily accessible manual page about creating lists, and perhaps simple operations on them (indexing, concatena...
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- I have added a manual page entitled *@updating CoCoA-4 code@*; and another entitled *@CoCoA-4 mode@* (about @***...**...
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- Placing defns of @incr@ and @decr@ in @NotBuiltin@.
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- Delayed several issues to 5.1.0.
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- Changed title etc to refer to 5.0.9 instead of 5.0.4.
Hoping to complete the release by the end of this week!
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- This is going to be a pain to sort out -- delaying until 5.1.0.
Probably command line option is simplest "quick fi... -
- No trouble after 1 month in feedback.
Minor revision to the documentation.
Closing.
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- I have left the name "lambda" in the code for lexer/parser/interpreter since anyone playing with that code should kno...
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- Our solution should handle several cases:
*(a)* new CoCoA user with new emacs installation (_i.e._ no @.emacs@ file)
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- The instructions on the web site do not work because the OS refuses to run a script of unknown provenance.
How to ... -
- Still missing: function on submodules!
If we have that working than we can have a silly/slow but working version of ...
24 Mar 2014
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- Check all functions and update the manual.
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- John Abbott wrote:
> Note that I have also added a warning when @/*@ is found inside a @/*...*/@; this should avoid ... -
- John Abbott wrote:
> I have changed the warning level to @WS_PEDANTIC@, so most users won't see the warnings.
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- @SetWarningLevel@ sounds good and clear!
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- Since C5 has several "warning levels", let the (advanced) user change the level (_e.g._ in the @init.cocoa5@ file).
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23 Mar 2014
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- I felt better before looking at this code...
Giving up!
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- I guess the relevant fn is @cocoa5-calculate-indent@ on line @cocoa5.el:716@
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- The simplest "solution" would be to document that the emacs UI does not handle multiline comments intelligently.
A... -
- I think the current state is a fair compromise; so changing status to @feedback@
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- I have modified the emacs fn @cocoa5-electric-semi-or-dot@.
It now calls @expand-abbrev@ only when point is in code....
22 Mar 2014
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- The packages that "upset" me the most are @coclib@ and @primary@ (or @radical@?)
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- There is a *HUGE* amount of cruft in the C5 packages; more than enough to make maintenance much harder than necessary...
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- Anna could you check that this now does more or less what you want; if so, change state to feedback?
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- I think this issue is resolved now -- any objections?
*The solution is (c)*: multiline @/*...*/@ allowed but issues ... -
- I have changed the warning level to @WS_PEDANTIC@, so most users won't see the warnings.
[now I have to change my se... -
- Well, I didn't wait for anyone else's opinion. I've implemented the warning....
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- I suggest adding a warning if @/*@ is found inside a @/*...*/@ comment. This would alert users to a (probable?) pres...
21 Mar 2014
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- @FactorMultiplicity@ is defined in @GCDFreebasis.cpkg5@
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- CoCoA-5 has two virtually identical fns *@valuation@* and *@FactorMultiplicity@*.
We need only one of them!
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- JAA will ensure that all existing packages work without @BackwardCompatible.cpkg5@; this is simply a matter of code c...
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- added test in cocoalib. closing.
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- ehm.... most of them yes ;-) except SparsePolyRing ideals (I think).
Looking at all of them I'm getting convinced... -
- Do the @myIntersect@ functions have assertions that their args are valid?
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- done and added to test-ideal1.
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- I have already improved the page "Intro to Strings"; but there are several other pages which need to be merged into a...
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- The CoCoA-5 documentation for strings needs to be tidied up, and properly integrated.
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- It works on homogeneous input.... I would really need a volunteer to test the non-homogeneous case (either that or an...
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- The CoCoA online manual should also have a short message on each page about functions/operators where changes are nee...
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- Tips on updating old C4 code to C5:
* @Not@ operator now replaced by function @not@ which requires brackets!
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- We need to produce a manual page about porting old C4 code to C5.
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- resurrected. now it needs to be filled ;-)
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- no more problems have arisen. closing.
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- No problems have arisen. Closing.
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- No problems have arisen. Closing.
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- I like defining (mathematically) matrix multiplication by scalar products, so I'm in favour of adding it.
*GetRow* w... -
- I'm rather undecided about this.
I suppose KISS would say not to widen the arg types accepted by @ScalarProduct@, ... -
- Yesterday I saw some old C4 code. In it the author had a call of the form @ScalarProduct(M[I],L)@ where @M@ is a mat...
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- I implemented *GeneralMinGens* for the non-homogeneous case: it does the obvious check on every generator.
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- updated manual (will not work on quotients, no need).
Still lacking: module -- is that _essentially_ trivial? (modu... -
- trivial issue, all done. Closing.
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- some improvement in the download page and in the "older versions" page
20 Mar 2014
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- How to determine the "scope" of a variable?
A function comprises a sequential succession of "top-level" commands; the... -
- The warning are sometimes is needlessly alarmist:...
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- Let's do it as in cocoa-4: there was an init file for everyone and an additional userinit file for user preferences.
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- The @init.cocoa5@ file should be in a personal location (presumably home directory) and not with the files that form ...
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- I thought that would be so easy and now I see a little problem.
CoCoA-5 loads all the files in the directory @packag... -
- I would set for @init@, same as in cocoa-4.
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- The name *@init.cocoa5@* is reasonable; are there any other candidates?
*@StartUp.cocoa5@*
*@settings.cocoa5@*
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- I agree that it is a good idea:
* beginners will find CoCoA-5 immediately usable (as CoCoA-4 was)
* advanced users ... -
- This is in fact trivial to do it: we just have to add such file to the packages directory (at it was done in CoCoA-4)...
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- In CoCoA-4 there was a file called @init.coc@ with some "initial" settings.
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- No problems for over a year --> closing!
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- Current cvs produces a "warning". That's very good for maintainers who have to deal cleanly with lots of code.
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- That would be handy! But I expect it to be hard to implement.
Right now the closer you can get to it is ...
19 Mar 2014
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- We must determine the exact semantics (C4 was pretty vague, I believe).
We should decide what syntax to use.
It m... -
- Sorry, I thought I was already in CoCoA-5
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- CoCoA-4 has the *@::@* operator which evaluated expressions in a given ring:...
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- Conceptually this issue seems practically identical to #482.
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- If a user creates the same ring twice, should he get the exact same ring?...
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- A significant problem is that the printed form is produced by CoCoALib which naturally knows nothing about variable v...
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- Having just recently discovered that commenting out the printed matrix with ...
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- Here are some thoughts about @InputForm@ (or whatever it will be called):
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- I have just checked in the revised @getStringLiteral@ (the old one is commented out).
Multiline strings were never... -
- I have made a copy of @Lexer::getStringLiteral@ which handles only normal string literals. It is 60 lines long compa...
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- John Abbott wrote:
> Somehow we'll have to tell those who have created @.abbrev_defs@ to remove it (or edit it to rem...
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