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20 Mar 2020
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18:00 Design #990: CoCoA-5 distribution: tidying
- John Abbott wrote:
> *NOTE*: the linux version unpacks into *@cocoa-5.3.0/@* whereas the Mac version unpacks into *@... -
13:21 Design #990 (Feedback): CoCoA-5 distribution: tidying
- *NOTE*: the linux version unpacks into *@cocoa-5.3.0/@* whereas the Mac version unpacks into *@CoCoA-5.3@*. *Intenti...
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- *IMPORTANT* see the discussion in issue #1443 (about "illegal instruction") before doing much here!
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- I have just checked in a (very) minor update to the man page for @RandomLinearForm@.
I have added a see-also to @Hom... -
- Robbiano requested the new function @LinearForm@ (see #1439), and clearly had in mind that it should be linear wrt th...
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- I suggest making the manual entry for *@RandomLinearForm@* more explicit, now that we have @HomogCompt@ which respect...
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- Anna says she has now managed to get successful compilation with N-3.8.4.
She should register (to this issue) the ti... -
- I have postponed this issue to the next release. This release we used the workaround to compile on a different machi...
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- I think this issue has run its course, so I'm closing it.
The important points are:
* comment 24 (all of it)
* c...
14 Mar 2020
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- OK, I do not know what is going on. This is *really annoying!*
I have compiled CoCoA-5 with the *@generic@* opti... -
- The illegal instruction seems to be coming from the statically linked GMP library -- that is *@libgmp.a@* (and/or @l...
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- There's a new version of GMP!! Released almost 2 months ago, but I didn't notice.... odd!
12 Mar 2020
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- I have sent several stripped executables to Matteo; some have worked, some have not.
Anyway, I am now convinced that... -
- Last night I made a release version (stripped, with statically linked @libgmpxx.a@, @libgmp.a@, @libreadline.a@, @lib...
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- It could also be that the "illegal instruction" does not come from CoCoA at all, but is in one of the already compile...
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- There is information on the web page:...
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- It seems that *@--march=i686@* is *not correct*. It says that it does not support x86_64 instruction set :-(
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- Find a way to automate what has been discovered in issue #755.
Presumably it would be nice if I could just "downlo...
11 Mar 2020
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- No one seems to care about this issue; I'm pretty sure it has lost all relevance, so I'm closing it.
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- Regarding comment 7: I spotted the code which checked for 64-bit platform, and complained if not.
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- Added doc for CoCoALib.
Still no test :-/
Close anyway?
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- I have implemented @HomogCompt@. Also accessible from CoCoA-5 (with man page).
No tests, no CoCoALib doc (oops... I... -
- What should the fn name be? *@HomogForm@* or *@HomogCompt@*?
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- John Abbott wrote:
> I now have a prototype of *@HomogForm(f,d)@* in C++.
> It seems to be about 30 times faster th... -
- I now have a prototype of *@HomogForm(f,d)@* in C++.
It seems to be about 30 times faster than @LinearForm@ in CoCoA... -
- Actually this issue was about helping "install" the CoCoA executable on *LINUX*.
Probably we should handle two cas... -
- Yes, that is clearer, thanks! As you say, it is also a good idea to test it with some "volunteers" ;-)
It is easi... -
- John Abbott wrote:
> The problem was that he had unpacked the zip file in @c:\@, which created a directory with a na... -
- I'm still waiting for feedback from Matteo.
10 Mar 2020
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- I have just found on StackOverflow that one can use @gcc@ to find where libraries are:...
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- It seems that I must specify both @libtermcap@ and @libtinfo@ statically (and in that order!). On my Ubuntu box they...
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- @libreadline@ on my Ubuntu machine depends on the *@tinfo@* library; I have a static version at *@/usr/lib/x86_64-lin...
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- I have changed the @release-linux.sh@ script so that it strips @CoCoAInterpreter@ before making the TGZ file.
We c... -
- So, should we put a stripped version of the executable in the official release, or leave the symbol table in there?
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- After running @strip@ on the executable the size dropped to 15Mbytes. Wow!
Now, why is the Mac version so big? ;... -
- Why is the last binary release for Linux about 81Mbyte when that for Mac is only 27Mbyte?
The Linux one is surely ... -
- -Maybe the correct flag is *@-march=i686@*.- *NO! This did not work* (see comment 5)
Presumably this has to be ... -
- I do not know what the problem can be at the moment.
I would not expect stripping a binary to cause such a problem... -
- I sent a compressed stripped binary to Matteo via email, but he reports a problem with *@Illegal instruction@*.
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- A student here had trouble installing CoCoA-5.2.5 on a Microsoft Windows 10 computer.
The problem was that he had ...
09 Mar 2020
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- John Abbott wrote:
> Do we have a function which computes a list of homog compts?
no, we explicitely decided not ... -
- Do we have a function which computes a list of homog compts?
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- I have just checked the contents of @cocoa-5.3-mac.tgz@.
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- Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> John Abbott wrote:
> > Maybe the commands in the script @FIX_PERMS.sh@ can be put into ... -
- John Abbott wrote:
> Maybe the commands in the script @FIX_PERMS.sh@ can be put into a shell function in @release-co... -
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- This is almost resolved: we add some extra time when computing the RGB in the main loop.
This works well, but the qu... -
- Closing
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- Anticipated because it is an example of the main new feature of this release: @GetLine@
(the reason why it is 5.3.0)
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- updated starting page: https://cocoa.dima.unige.it/redmine/
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- vandal ;-)
08 Mar 2020
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- I found this behaviour after deliberately feeding random input to CoCoA-5. It survived :-)
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- CoCoA correctly gives a parse error given the input *@8.a;@*
The error message is:...
07 Mar 2020
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- updated RelNotes
Checked in everything
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- documentation done
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- Done (in NotBuiltin.cpkg5)
Funny cases:
if f = 0 returns 0
if GradingDim<>1 returns error
use weights: es:
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- Add function which returns the sum of the summends of degree 1.
06 Mar 2020
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- Sometimes I engage brain before writing, sometimes I don't... (sigh)
When I build CoCoA-5 on my current Linux box,... -
- I am now fairly convinced that:
* *default Linux version* should be *without @readline@*
* ideally we also make ava... -
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- My testing suggests that this is OK now.
As I wrote in #1438, I now doubt whether it was useful to try to handle "... -
- The fix seems reasonable, and some testing suggests that it is working OK.
Now I wonder whether it was even worth ... -
- Indeed, my suspicion last night was correct.
Now I am considering how best to fix the code. The fix should be ready...
05 Mar 2020
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- The function fo reading a string literal (which I hacked), correctly throws an "unclosed literal" exception when the ...
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- May be a consequence of allowing a NUL inside a string?
Surely my fault, anyway :-(
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- Sending just a single *@"@* double quote char will crash CoCoA-5.
I hope to fix later... must dash now.
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- As previously written, this is not harmful; and it is better to direct our limited resources elsewhere.
Rejecting ... -
- We need to review the purpose of this manual entry.
Maybe it should have little content, but simplify refer to oth...
04 Mar 2020
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- I have changed the main eval loop so that @EmptyStatements@ are skipped over without being executed (since they do no...
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- My proposed solution does not work quite as I would like.
With the input *@if n = factorial(10^7) then println "eq... -
- The fn *@LinKerBasis@* is in the manual, but the arg checking is still sloppy. We should fix this!
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- The important point is that (automatic) indentation works only if the start-keyword is the first text on a line.
T... -
- I confirm that the bug is still there.
Here is a test case:... -
- I think the only complaint now is that @PlayCantStop@ is a missing reference.
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- I have tried to improve the entry by changing the syntax. Previously it was *@indent(X:OBJECT)@*,
but this meant th... -
- Currently we have *@GetLine@* and *@StandardInput@* and *@OpenIFile@* and *@OpenIString@*.
Is there much more to s... -
- As Anna said in comment 2: the function @starting@ is able to get the information. So we should look there to see ho...
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- The relevant source code is mostly likely in @Lexer.C@ around lines 136--137.
Inside @Lexer::getToken@ there is a bi... -
- A couple of days ago I fixed a similar bug in the reading of string literals.
The problem was that the code checked ... -
- If we make printing interruptible then it would be better to assign to @It@ before printing (o/w the assignment may n...
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- I was surprised to discover that @./cocoa5 < file.cocoa5@ echoed the contents of @file.cocoa5@.
It turns out that ... -
- Postpone?
I always have trouble with normaliz, and I prefer to focus on cocoa things for this release (I need it for... -
- Postponed. I need to finish the release this week for my course in Genova.
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- Anna agrees with the proposal to close this issue.
The problems highlighted here are easy to work around (and you ... -
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- This has already been done; see also #672.
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- Anna accepts. Closing.
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- I made the directory @aux-files/GUI-extra_files/@ unreadable using @chmod@. Then @make veryclean@ followed by @make@...
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- John Abbott wrote:
> Not sure who uses *@aux-files/GUI-extra-files/*@* as mentioned in comment 2. Anna???
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- I have just now added dependencies for the generation of the LaTeX version; it now depends also on *@aux-files/TeX.xs...
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- The current impl fits the KISS philosophy. Since I expect the main use to be *@fold(sprint(value), width)@*, it is n...
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- I have now modified the regexp so that TAB does not match (and this is considered a "normal" rather than a "funny" ch...
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- I have found one bug/slug... The emacs fn *@process-status@* returns a symbol, not a string; so all the previous te...
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- Some quick tests pass fine. Not worth investing more time here.
Closing.
03 Mar 2020
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- I have made some improvement. Now "send region" should keep the font magnification.
@M-x cocoa5@ definitely forge... -
- If we do add a @find@ function, it may be nice to allow it to take a list and a predicate......
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- Maybe the commands in the script @FIX_PERMS.sh@ can be put into a shell function in @release-common.sh@?
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- I think it is OK now. It's just a little odd that *@len@* appears in the list, but this is probably to help those po...
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- Anna, if you need help with this I can try.
The important thing is to note down what worked in the end.
It would ... -
- Right now, my preference is to leave the web pages for CoCoA-4 in existence, but not to publish any link to them.
It... -
- The current impl thinks that a TAB character is a "funny" character; so sending a line containing a TAB will automati...
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- I have revised *@cocoa5-send-line@*, and it now seems to work more or less as hoped.
The only remaining problem is... -
- The relevant part of emacs code is probably the function *@cocoa5-send-line@* around line 1400 in file @cocoa5.el@.
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- As far as I can tell the problem lies inside the std c++ function @getline@ and the way it interacts with @cin@ (whic...
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- The relevant source code is around line 2100 in @Parser.C@, in the function @Parser::parsePrimary@.
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- The soln in @thmproving.cpkg5@ was to have a long succession of @PrintLn@ commands:...
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- We used to allow this, but then disallowed it in issue #576.
I raise it again because Martin Kreuzer wants to have... -
- What is the difference between *@(cocoa5-shell-check-process)@* which uses @get-buffer-process@, and *@(process-statu...
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- Surely the unfinished multi-line comment can occur only at the end of the input, so the "end marker" always has to be...
02 Mar 2020
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- I'm now quite undecided about this.
Every so often I do get a warning about one variable hiding another, but it is... -
- Is this still a problem?
Microsoft Windows 7 is now obsolete... -
- There is now a *@fold@* function for strings which simply inserts a newline every @N@ characters (it does not (curren...
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- I had forgotten about this "entertaining" issue.
I do not really see anything "dangerous" here; the only slightly ... -
- What is this issue about?
Why is it a good idea to remove *@WrongTypeException@*?
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- So what happens (now) is that the first *@?@* of the search string is discarded.
Presumably *@?<whitespace>?@* is ... -
- Is this still a problem?
I do not observe now the problem about everything staying in "comment colour".
The err... -
- It seems that a useful Emacs keyword is *@revert@*.
There is @auto-revert-mode@ (and a global version).
Another p... -
- The bug/crash still happens.
Note that by default the CoCoA-5 interpreter is started in Emacs with the option *@--... -
- Maybe @parser::tryToRecover@ is where one needs to look?
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- The old Qt4 GUI became a zombie a while ago. I think this issue is now too old be relevant any more.
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- I think that this has already been done (don't recall when).
In the @Makefile@ in @src/CoCoA-5/CoCoAManual/@ there... -
- The CoCoA online manual can be searched using keywords; is it possible (or desirable) to do this also for the HTML ve...
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- I suggest breaking the page into subsections (or even splitting it into more than one page?): _e.g._ comparison opera...
28 Feb 2020
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- documented
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- All other things will be done as they arise, in their own page.
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- Yes, of course, inputting explicitly the long list of integers is not commonplace.
But it is embarrassing that CoCoA... -
- On my computer @CoCoAInterpreter@ generates a SEGV if I give as input a long list, namely...
27 Feb 2020
26 Feb 2020
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- I had a quick look online for hints about increased font sizes...
* the emacs function which changes the font size... -
- Clue city!
In @cocoa5.el@ near line 1743 in the fn defn for *@cocoa5-send-region@*,
I commented out the command *... -
- Increased font size was forgotten when:
* had a @*cocoa*@ buffer with no process, and then sent a single line (C-RET... -
- Mostly done.
Tested by Yong-Su Shin -
- I think the current tutorial is good enough as a first "basic" tutorial; we can add a more advanced one for the next ...
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- Anna has checked everything on her computer. Works fine.
Closing.
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- I have checked all uses of @ErrorInfo@ in @Interpreter.C@ (and changed some indentation). It seems OK now.
Added an... -
- I have tidied (incl. indented comprehensibly) the code. I have tested it with the example in comment 5, and all seem...
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- The impl in @Interpreter.C@ is not as clear as it could be... The relevant function is in lines 3285--3338
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- Here is a test for both ideals and modules.......
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- After looking at the code, I think the same problem exists for modules.
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- Currently *@MakeTerm@* is implemented in @cocolib.cpkg5@.
Move it into C++.
25 Feb 2020
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- I have fixed the problem, but want to discuss with Anna before checking in.
The problem was indeed where I said, b... -
- I expect the problem isin @Interpreter.C@ at line 3316 where a @CoCoA::ErrorInfo@ is caught, but @InterruptReceived@ ...
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- I confirm the bug in 5.2.9.
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17:29 Bug #1424 (Closed): 'UNCAUGHT UNKNOWN EXCEPTION' when aborting 'isin' computation
- If you call the 'isin' command and want to abort the computation using <ctrl+c>, CoCoA-5 crashes and outputs: ***ERRO...
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- This problems comes from the fact that @IdealOfProjectivePoints@ computes a GBasis, without determining the minimal g...
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- Added a CooA-5 manual page.
24 Feb 2020
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- Closing, as I believe the current arrangement is acceptable.
21 Feb 2020
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- I have given Klaus a (minimal) executable to use for developing on his computer.
A full executable gave a linker err... -
- I have just had a meeting with Klaus:
* KISS: we do not use sockets at the moment, but instead @CoCoAInterpreter@ se... -
- I think @thmproving.cpkg5@ is OK, but the documentation needs to be checked and properly integrated.
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- Not sure what the compilation problem in comment 3 was; it seems that starting CoCoA-5 from inside emacs, might somet...
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- While it is hard to imagine how an empty error description could be useful, it is surely wrong that CoCoA-5 crashes.
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20 Feb 2020
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- Not pretty!!...
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- The *@error@* function does not like having an empty string as argument: throws a fatal exception!
Reported vocall... -
- This is what I get at the moment:...
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- Now I wonder if it may not be better to have the version *without* @readline@ being the default: it is less likely to...
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- I have checked that *@assert@* exists and works, and is documented...
JAA thinks it is reasonable to include it in 5... -
- Should @assert@ be in 5.3.0 release?
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- I have improved the documentation (which is where I believe the problem lay).
The impl seems to be reasonable; but i... -
- The doc for @ImportByRef@ and @ImportByValue@ starts with a big warning. Is this still necessary?
Check this issu...
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