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From 01 Jul 2015 to 30 Jul 2015

30 Jul 2015

17:33 Bug #117: Added 3 times defn of isblank fn
Postponing to next version. Increased priority (so I might actually do something). John Abbott
17:25 Bug #117: Added 3 times defn of isblank fn
There is a C++ function called @isspace@ which returns true for space, TAB, and 4 others: '\n' (newline), '\v' (verti... John Abbott
17:29 Bug #753: New function: LeastDegPolynomial (LDP)
JAA suggests the name @LeastDegPoly@
John Abbott
16:10 Bug #753 (New): New function: LeastDegPolynomial (LDP)
Make it available in CoCoA-5?
manual?
What about SOI, SOITwinFloat, StableBBasis, VanishPoly, ...?
... find be...
Anna Maria Bigatti
17:15 Design #490 (Closed): Duplicate fns: valuation and FactorMultiplicity
John Abbott
16:20 Design #490 (Feedback): Duplicate fns: valuation and FactorMultiplicity
After discussing with Anna we accept my proposal in note 10: namely, this version allows the "base" to be non-prime (... John Abbott
15:36 Support #616: Release: CoCoA-5.1.2
Problem with boost: incompatibility of Qt4 and boost > 1.52.
Recompiled on Mac and on Linux with 1.52 --> OK
Update...
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:31 Support #616 (In Progress): Release: CoCoA-5.1.2
Anna Maria Bigatti
14:55 Support #322: Installation instructions (on website)
The instructions should tell the user what to do with the file @cocoa-XYZ.tgz@.
Where should it be saved (or moved...
John Abbott
14:23 Feature #243: Normaliz tests for CoCoA5
Postponing this issue as we shall be seeing Christof in September, and can talk to him about this issue then.
John Abbott
14:19 Feature #352 (Closed): Should SourceRegion echo the "region"?
Anna agrees with my assessment in comment 9. So closing this issue.
I have also added it to #242: possible tasks ...
John Abbott

29 Jul 2015

23:24 Feature #183: Template for unaryMinus?
Postponing to next version as this is really just code cleaning; the code works as it is, and the necessary cleaning ... John Abbott
23:20 Bug #697: Interpreter: Avoid outputting an empty line after each line of input
This is just a cosmetic issue; so I have lowered the priorty, and postponed to next version of C5. I think it will i... John Abbott
23:14 Design #490: Duplicate fns: valuation and FactorMultiplicity
When the function was called @valuation@ the restriction to prime "bases" was more or less obligatory. Now that it i... John Abbott
23:00 Design #490: Duplicate fns: valuation and FactorMultiplicity
I implemented the restricted version of @FactorMultiplicity@ then Anna discovered that this broke @LinearSimplify@ --... John Abbott
22:25 Support #181: Functions throwing error even though (trivially) defined
What exactly does this issue propose? To add an entry to the online CoCoA-5 documentation? Is there a similar entry... John Abbott
22:13 Feature #352: Should SourceRegion echo the "region"?
The current solution (emacs sending a commented copy of the region) is not very pretty, but it does achieve more or l... John Abbott
21:41 Design #332 (Closed): Approx pts preprocessing fns
Closing after 1 year in feedback (without any problems).
John Abbott
21:37 Bug #164 (Closed): CoCoA-5 emacs interface bug (minor): Source & SourceRegion with troublesome filenames
This has been in feedback for a year; a quick check shows that it works for a filename containing a double-quote, and... John Abbott
21:30 Bug #545: Compiler g++ 4.2.1 (clang-503.0.40) on MacOSX 10.9: warnings and errors
I'd forgotten about this issue. It'll take time to understand what is the right thing to do -- no chance for 5.1.2, ... John Abbott
16:25 Support #717 (Closed): CoCoAManual: improve part on RINGHOM
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:11 Support #717 (Feedback): CoCoAManual: improve part on RINGHOM
Introduction rewritten.
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:24 Feature #652 (Closed): Flag to enable/disable printing of list of loaded packages
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:31 Feature #652 (Feedback): Flag to enable/disable printing of list of loaded packages
Anna modified @Main.C:304@ so that (during package loading) package names are printed to a string (@PkgOut@); current... John Abbott
16:21 Support #522 (Closed): Manual: duplication in "see also" and "All other matches"
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:15 Feature #317 (Closed): BuiltInFunctions: evalArgAsLong
Anna Maria Bigatti
16:15 Feature #704 (Closed): rename MinGensGeneral?
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:49 Support #632 (In Progress): MacOSX: many warnings with compiler CLANG/LLVM when compiling BOOST code.
Is this really our problem? Morally speaking, I'd say not; in practice, it is.
I have added a note to the installat...
John Abbott
15:18 Bug #745 (Closed): Readline: avoid printing out READLINE twice
Activated the line making @ExtLibNames@ correct even when input contains only whitespace chars.
Works fine both with...
John Abbott
12:46 Feature #751 (Closed): description of a RING
Implement @describe R@ using function @R->myOutputSelfLong(out)@
(needs some cleaning and refinements)
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:43 Support #548 (Closed): Printing rings with ID
All the relevant code is done. I find it quite satisfactory (even though I'm not entirely convinced with the design ... Anna Maria Bigatti
12:28 Support #548: Printing rings with ID
Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> Maybe the function "RingWithID(n)" should return an error saying something like:
> "thi...
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:12 Support #251 (Closed): How to add a test for CoCoA-5 (CoCoAInterpreter)
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:12 Feature #466 (Closed): CoCoAManual: add entry summarising syntax of all CoCoA-5 commands
Anna Maria Bigatti

28 Jul 2015

15:56 Feature #719 (Closed): Readline: consider creating a textual interpreter with readline
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:45 Bug #650: CoCoA-5 test (SourceAnna); problem in HilbertPoly
I cannot reproduce this error. Postponing to next version. Anna Maria Bigatti
15:35 Feature #317 (Feedback): BuiltInFunctions: evalArgAsLong
> We should also reconsider all the names since some returns *intrusive_ptr<type>* and others a (vector of) *type*.
...
Anna Maria Bigatti
14:32 Support #706 (Closed): meaningful error for IDEAL <= IDEAL
Anna Maria Bigatti

27 Jul 2015

19:45 Bug #745 (Resolved): Readline: avoid printing out READLINE twice
JAA corrected a bug in @ExtLibNames@ (in file @Banner.C@). The problem was trailing whitespace which caused the EOF ... John Abbott
19:25 Design #527: GUI: better name for the graphical interface?
It is "normal" to call the text version of CoCoA via the script @cocoa5@.
@C5@ is rather cryptic as a name for the...
John Abbott
19:11 Slug #741: C5 GUI: slow to close
I've hacked the code to make a call to @clearOutputWindow@, and it now seems to close much faster (after printing @fa... John Abbott
16:50 Slug #750 (Closed): C5 GUI: very slow when printing many short lines
The GUI takes *ages* to print out the following:... John Abbott
16:26 Bug #749: IsDefined does not follow reference to undefined optional param
The relevant source code seems to be at @Interpreter.C:3403@
Update: Mmmm, uncommented code looks scary :-(
John Abbott
16:25 Bug #749: IsDefined does not follow reference to undefined optional param
Anna points out that there is a workaround:... John Abbott
16:20 Bug #749 (New): IsDefined does not follow reference to undefined optional param
The pseudo-function @IsDefined@ has weird semantics.
Consider this example:...
John Abbott
15:16 Design #668 (Closed): Remove keyword "weights"?
Anna Maria Bigatti
15:06 Bug #726 (Closed): TopLevel cannot "import" a package variable
*Answer:* package variables are accessed via the fully qualified name.
John Abbott
14:46 Bug #726: TopLevel cannot "import" a package variable
JAA now thinks that current design is OK: namely that package variables are always accessible using their fully quali... John Abbott
13:47 Bug #726: TopLevel cannot "import" a package variable
There is apparently no need to "import" package variables; it suffices just to use the fully qualified name, for inst... John Abbott
12:16 Bug #726: TopLevel cannot "import" a package variable
The problem can be worked around by following this example:... John Abbott
11:55 Bug #726 (In Progress): TopLevel cannot "import" a package variable
JAA thinks the relevant code is @Parser.C:837@ -- probably @TT_IDENTIFIER@ should be changed into something else. JA... John Abbott
14:29 Bug #748: Emacs UI: return inside a block of output sends several lines (not just the one I'm on)
The relevant Emacs function is(should be?) @comint-get-old-input-default@. The documentation says the fn should inde... John Abbott
14:27 Bug #748 (Closed): Emacs UI: return inside a block of output sends several lines (not just the one I'm on)
I have recently upgraded to Emacs 24.5.1. The problem is exhibited by doing @?package@ inside a CoCoA-5 buffer. This... John Abbott

09 Jul 2015

13:07 Bug #745 (Closed): Readline: avoid printing out READLINE twice
When C5 starts it prints out a list of ext libs being used; @READLINE@ appears twice. John Abbott

06 Jul 2015

07:43 Feature #336: Mat(Module) should give error
(brought at 100% after 2 years of being closed) Anna Maria Bigatti

01 Jul 2015

18:11 Feature #744 (Closed): Handle interrupts more helpfully
Currently the C5 interpreter catches @CoCoA::InterruptReceived@ as it should, but it gives no message to the user. A... John Abbott
15:26 Slug #741: C5 GUI: slow to close
In file @C5.C:1000@ there is a function @MainWindow::closeEvent@
JAA thinks that this is probably the function ne...
John Abbott
 

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