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23 Jan 2015

14:11 Feature #659: Ring ID: separate index values for "system created rings"?

The command @RationalSolve@ seems to burn through lots of rings, so if called many times, can burn through very many ... John Abbott

22 Jan 2015

19:04 Feature #659: Ring ID: separate index values for "system created rings"?

Not sure it's worth the hassle.
It would be prettier, but I think we are the only two who would appreciate it ;-)
Anna Maria Bigatti

16:02 Feature #659: Ring ID: separate index values for "system created rings"?

Maybe this should be in CoCoALib?
If we do decide to do this then I think there would have to be a distinct way of... John Abbott

15:58 Feature #659 (New): Ring ID: separate index values for "system created rings"?

In a recent CoCoA session I found I was using a ring with ID value almost 60000 -- no idea why it was so high. I cer... John Abbott

17:11 Bug #660: Emacs UI: endfunc does not indent the line

It works fine for me (and my cocoa5.el is cvs'ed).
Maybe you should check you are not including an older cocoa5.el?
Anna Maria Bigatti

16:11 Bug #660 (New): Emacs UI: endfunc does not indent the line

When I use @C-c C-e@ to add the relevant end-keyword it usually automatically indents the line; the indenting does no... John Abbott

20 Jan 2015

20:32 Feature #657: use command, ring syntax, RingOf

I did indeed try to execute that command (without really thinking). It would have been handy if it had worked, but i... John Abbott

20:30 Feature #657 (New): use command, ring syntax, RingOf

Is it desirable to be able to issue a command such as this?
@use RingOf(M);@
Note that this has potential implica... John Abbott

20:25 Design #656: eval: in which ring should the result be?

We could make obsolescent the version which wants coords in the poly ring -- so it still works but produces a warning... John Abbott

20:24 Design #656: eval: in which ring should the result be?

Currently @eval@ is written in CoCoA-5, and just checks args before calling @subst@.
I find the version which retu... John Abbott

20:19 Design #656 (New): eval: in which ring should the result be?

Currently @eval(f,[xval,yval])@ wants @xval@ and @yval@ to be in the same ring as @f@; and the result is then natural... John Abbott

17:12 Slug #655: MakeSet can be very slow

I tried to run @MakeSet@ on a list of about 7000 matrices (2x2), most of which were different. I stopped CoCoA after... John Abbott

17:10 Slug #655 (New): MakeSet can be very slow

@MakeSet@ can be very slow on long lists where most of the elements are distinct.
Find a way to make it faster. John Abbott

17:08 Support #654: Rename adjoint to adjugate???

I suppose @adjoint@ should become obsolescent.
Possible new names as @ClassicalAdjoint@ or @adjugate@; I suppose the... John Abbott

17:06 Support #654: Rename adjoint to adjugate???

I had a quick search on internet, and found a discussion (in Google groups, I think) by the Sage developers on exactl... John Abbott

17:02 Support #654 (Closed): Rename adjoint to adjugate???

I have just looked up *adjoint* in Wikipedia. There it says that _adjoint_ is increasingly being used to mean the tr... John Abbott