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From 17 Dec 2020 to 15 Jan 2021

15 Jan 2021

21:05 Design #1546 (Feedback): Improve 'describe' or 'print' for a function
This is now working fine (after Anna changed the impl of print in the interpreter). Moving to *feedback*.
John Abbott
20:56 Feature #346: Describe should indicate package name
Since @print@ and @sprint@ now produce the body of a CoCoA-5 function, it superfluous for @describe@ to do the same.
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John Abbott
20:52 Feature #346 (Resolved): Describe should indicate package name
*IMPORTANT*
* the @describe@ command describes a _value_ and not a _variable_;
* a fn defn *does not contain any in...
John Abbott
09:13 Feature #346: Describe should indicate package name
Since Anna seems to have solved issue #1174, is it now possible to make progress here?
Since normal printing now p...
John Abbott
20:42 Feature #531: Package protected variables should know which package protected them
In the source code indicated by Anna, there is a loop which sets @protectionReason@ (or some similar name).
These re...
John Abbott
12:23 Feature #531: Package protected variables should know which package protected them
Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> There is something called @protectionReason@ but seems unset (very strange: the code for...
Anna Maria Bigatti
10:39 Feature #531: Package protected variables should know which package protected them
modified also implementation of @unprotect@... Anna Maria Bigatti
10:30 Feature #531 (Feedback): Package protected variables should know which package protected them
Implemented: updated code of @CheckProtection@ (extra arg runtimeEnv) in Interpreter.C
(done it, before I forgot the...
Anna Maria Bigatti
08:18 Feature #531: Package protected variables should know which package protected them
I might be able to fix this, see #1174 Anna Maria Bigatti
09:07 Feature #1174: package of a function --> of an identifier!
Well done! I suggest we accept the version taking a string for the time being (unless you can easily make a fn like ... John Abbott
08:29 Feature #1174: package of a function --> of an identifier!
Example:... Anna Maria Bigatti
08:11 Feature #1174: package of a function --> of an identifier!
should the name be @PackageOf@?
I have investigated: belonging to a package (variable) is a property of the variab...
Anna Maria Bigatti
06:48 Bug #1531: CRASH: arithmetic with HilbertSeries (tagged object)
It (correctly) gives error both on right and left, no crash. Anna Maria Bigatti

11 Jan 2021

10:02 Bug #1560: elim for modules
Not sure how hard this might be. Does it suffice to create a poly ring with elim order, and then compute the GB for ... John Abbott
09:59 Bug #1560 (New): elim for modules
Bernhard Andraschko reported the following NYI:... John Abbott

08 Jan 2021

15:23 Feature #1516 (Resolved): substring function
I have written a (short) manual entry.
Should there be some tests? :-/
John Abbott
15:16 Feature #1516: substring function
I have written a first version (in @BuiltinFunctions.C@).
* name: *@substring@*; I prefer not to use @sbstr@ as th...
John Abbott
13:06 Feature #1516 (In Progress): substring function
Start pos and length seem reasonable to me.
Should we also allow the version which goes to end of string? KISS: m...
John Abbott
11:56 Bug #1539: Website: installation instructions for Microsoft
add the instruction written by Henry O'Keeffe Anna Maria Bigatti
11:53 Bug #1512 (Closed): Package with unexpected EOF
John Abbott
11:51 Design #1495 (Closed): Package exporting nothing?
Tested. OK. Anna Maria Bigatti
11:35 Feature #1509 (Closed): RingElems with empty input
Anna Maria Bigatti
11:31 Design #1546: Improve 'describe' or 'print' for a function
And also fix the manual. Anna Maria Bigatti
11:30 Design #1550 (Closed): version number for CoCoA5 snapshot release?
For snapshot releases: (Anna) remember to change the links in the webpage. Anna Maria Bigatti
11:28 Feature #1543 (Closed): Default path for packages
Anna Maria Bigatti
11:24 Design #1530 (Closed): VersionInfo -- better field names?
John Abbott
11:23 Support #1498 (Closed): Export many names or just one?
John Abbott
11:20 Slug #1556: DivAlg slower than NR
I checked: not as easy as I thought.
@NR@ is defined in @SparsePolyOps-RingElem.C@ and make use of ReductionCog. Th...
Anna Maria Bigatti
11:19 Bug #1527 (Closed): Inadequate error message on incorrect list access
John Abbott

23 Dec 2020

11:37 Design #1540: Double power
Relevant source is probably in @Parser.C@ around line 1890; *@Parser::parsePowerExpression@*
John Abbott

22 Dec 2020

17:19 Slug #1556: DivAlg slower than NR
Check the code for NR and see how to make the data type for the output. Anna Maria Bigatti
14:21 Slug #1556: DivAlg slower than NR
Just for the record: @NR@ took about 0.063s, @DivAlg@ took about 1280s.
Presumably @DivAlg@ should also be built-i...
John Abbott
14:03 Slug #1556: DivAlg slower than NR
I verify that the problem is present in the current version on my computer.
*@NR@* is a built-in function; *@DivAl...
John Abbott
13:57 Slug #1556 (New): DivAlg slower than NR
Andraschko reported the following by email:
Consider the following code which computes the minimal polynomial of sqr...
John Abbott
16:20 Bug #1553 (Feedback): Timing SystemCommand
I have checked in *@ElapsedTime@* (incl. doc).
New qn: is the fn *@RealTime@* in CoCoALib obsolete? -- *NOTE:* may...
John Abbott
15:36 Design #1554: cocoa5-emacs-dir or cocoa5-root-dir?
The question arose after an email from Alasdair McAndrew (around 2020-12-18). Anna will investigate.
John Abbott
15:32 Design #1554 (In Progress): cocoa5-emacs-dir or cocoa5-root-dir?
Anna points out that there are complications on Microsoft where one cannot be entirely sure where the release is unpa... John Abbott
15:03 Design #1546: Improve 'describe' or 'print' for a function
Now "print/println ... (on ...)" prints the body of used defined functions.
To do: "describe" should give the name o...
Anna Maria Bigatti

19 Dec 2020

16:29 Bug #1553: Timing SystemCommand
The new func @ElapsedTime@ is perfectly fine with me!
I personally prefer the return value representing a rational a...
Julian Danner

18 Dec 2020

17:45 Bug #1553: Timing SystemCommand
I have now implemented *@ElapsedTime@* (based on the standard C++ @steady_clock@).... John Abbott
16:40 Bug #1553: Timing SystemCommand
It might be possible to replace the call to the C++ function @system@, by a @fork@ and an @exec@ (or @execv@?).
I ha...
John Abbott
17:24 Design #1554: cocoa5-emacs-dir or cocoa5-root-dir?
It seems more natural to me to specify the path to the "root" directory; then all accesses to files are "downward".
...
John Abbott
17:22 Design #1554 (Closed): cocoa5-emacs-dir or cocoa5-root-dir?
In the emacs initialization lines we define *@cocoa5-emacs-dir@*.
Why do we not define *@cocoa5-root-dir@* instead? ...
John Abbott

17 Dec 2020

17:07 Bug #1553: Timing SystemCommand
oh well yes, @sleep@ may not be the best test, however I think it nonetheless highlights my problem ;)
I agree tha...
Julian Danner
17:07 Bug #1553 (In Progress): Timing SystemCommand
I have searched briefly (or not-so-briefly) on internet, and it seems that C++ does not yet offer a way to measure pr... John Abbott
16:35 Bug #1553: Timing SystemCommand
First comment: using @sleep@ is perhaps not the best test. Below is what I get using bash on my Linux computer:
<pre...
John Abbott
14:47 Bug #1553 (Closed): Timing SystemCommand
Hi,
I was just timing some computations and noticed that the the time it takes to execute a command with @SystemCo...
Julian Danner
 

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