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14 Mar 2023

23:07 Feature #1112: New function: IsEmpty
Just out of curiosity I made yet another test:... John Abbott
23:01 Feature #1112: New function: IsEmpty
Mmm, so what is the conclusion here?
Originally I had hoped/expected that a simple built-in function would be faster...
John Abbott
22:29 Feature #1718: FactorINT with time-out
Do you prefer *@GBasis_TimeOut@* or *@GBasis_Timeout@*?
(and then analogously for *@FactorINT_TimeOut@*)
John Abbott
21:58 Feature #1718: FactorINT with time-out
John Abbott wrote:
> I think I prefer with the underscore... not entirely sure why.
> Should I change *@GBasisTimeo...
Anna Maria Bigatti
21:36 Feature #1718: FactorINT with time-out
I think I prefer with the underscore... not entirely sure why.
Should I change *@GBasisTimeout@* to *@GBasis_TimeOut...
John Abbott
22:11 Design #1075 (Feedback): LaTeX package: power-product printing
John Abbott
22:10 Design #1075: LaTeX package: power-product printing
I think I now agree with Anna's comment 15.
If there are long indet names then the user will almost surely have to r...
John Abbott
22:01 Bug #1171 (Closed): RealRoots: first point is sometimes wrong?
I think the revised documentation is helpful here; enough so, that I shall close the issue.
John Abbott
21:57 Design #1477 (Closed): Packages: questions from Andraschko
The *@CheckDependencies@* proposal in comment 12 is a tolerable workaround (for the moment).
The issue of document...
John Abbott
21:52 Feature #1587 (Closed): Multiline string literals (again)
*@fold@* and *@ConcatStrings@* are a reasonable compromise. We'll revisit the topic if a specific use-case comes up.... John Abbott
21:43 Design #1698 (Closed): indent: return a string?
I have just revised the manual entry for *@indent@* and *@IndentStr@*.
I think it makes sense for them to share an e...
John Abbott
14:59 Design #635 (Closed): Automatic mapping of RingElem (in operation with a compound value)
Added ".. promotion mapping .." (3 lines) and checked in.
Closing.
Anna Maria Bigatti
14:51 Design #635: Automatic mapping of RingElem (in operation with a compound value)
I added the manual search key "promotion mapping" to CanonicalHom and to matrix Anna Maria Bigatti
14:46 Design #635: Automatic mapping of RingElem (in operation with a compound value)
John Abbott wrote:
> I have changed the err mesg to be more comprehensible: "automatic" instead of "auto".
what a...
Anna Maria Bigatti
11:56 Bug #1539 (Closed): Website: installation instructions for Microsoft
Seems mainly reasonable. My students, those who read the instructions, managed to install it. Anna Maria Bigatti
11:53 Feature #1724 (Closed): New function: AdjacentMinors
Anna Maria Bigatti

13 Mar 2023

18:41 Feature #1724 (Feedback): New function: AdjacentMinors
Documentation done... Anna Maria Bigatti

10 Mar 2023

18:29 Design #1075: LaTeX package: power-product printing
John Abbott wrote:
> I like the suggestion of putting a backslash in front of all long indet names:
> * if the inde...
Anna Maria Bigatti
17:31 Design #1075: LaTeX package: power-product printing
I am a little unhappy about @\!\:@ which does look rather ugly.
Maybe it is OK if (at least) one of the indets does...
John Abbott
17:28 Design #1075 (Resolved): LaTeX package: power-product printing
I like the suggestion of putting a backslash in front of all long indet names:
* if the indet name is a greek letter...
John Abbott
17:08 Feature #7 (Resolved): Automatic mapping between (some) rings
What is the status of this issue?
I thought it was almost finished.
John Abbott

09 Mar 2023

23:11 Design #635 (Feedback): Automatic mapping of RingElem (in operation with a compound value)
I have changed the err mesg to be more comprehensible: "automatic" instead of "auto".
I think we can close this is...
John Abbott
23:03 Slug #948 (Feedback): radical is slow (compared to singular) on these examples
John Abbott
22:57 Support #1077: Manual: remove old stuff about "devices"
Shall I just do this?
Any objections?
John Abbott
22:56 Design #1477 (Feedback): Packages: questions from Andraschko
Current state (2023-03-09):
*(A)* and *(B)* and *(C)* have effectively been solved.
For *(D)* there is a workaround...
John Abbott
22:45 Feature #1246 (Feedback): Revive old CoCoA4 package called "cocoa5.cpkg"
Is there any news from Passau about this issue?
Is there an improved version of *@OperationCommunication.cpkg5@*?
John Abbott
22:42 Bug #1695 (Closed): boost-find-lib.sh
John Abbott
22:41 Design #1696 (Closed): Which BOOST libs are actually needed?
John Abbott
22:39 Feature #1718 (Feedback): FactorINT with time-out
No one objected to *@FactorINT_TimeOut@*.
I wonder if *@GBasisTimeout@* should be renamed to *@GBasis_TimeOut@* -- w...
John Abbott
21:41 Support #1675: Version 5.4.0 requires Visual C++ Runtime 2013 on Windows
I have analysed version 5.4.0 and my currently installed CoCoA version (5.4.1k), compiled on 24 Feb 2023 at 09:59:49 ... Nico Mexis

07 Mar 2023

20:23 Support #1675: Version 5.4.0 requires Visual C++ Runtime 2013 on Windows
We plan to make a new release quite soon (before the CoCoA School).
I'm hoping Nico Mexis might be willing to make t...
John Abbott

27 Feb 2023

20:45 Design #1681: Should Starting be case-insensitive?
I have just revised the impl in *@coclib.cpkg5@*
Right now there is a local variable which says whether to do a case...
John Abbott
20:23 Design #1681 (In Progress): Should Starting be case-insensitive?
A disadvantage of being case insensitive is that it may sometimes produce too much output...
in theory... are there ...
John Abbott
12:57 Slug #1722: Daft slug
At least partly due to memory creation for intermediate computations: restarting CoCoA and swapping the computations... Anna Maria Bigatti
12:40 Slug #1722: Daft slug
John Abbott wrote:
> On my current linux box the timings are:
> [...]
On my Mac...
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:38 Design #1698: indent: return a string?
John Abbott wrote:
> I do not have @IndentStr@:
> [...]
>
> Can you check in? And write the manual (should be t...
Anna Maria Bigatti
11:48 Feature #1724 (Resolved): New function: AdjacentMinors
done and pre-released for testing
Still to do: manual
Anna Maria Bigatti

16 Feb 2023

09:26 Feature #1724 (Closed): New function: AdjacentMinors
For CoCoA School Hue.
Choose the best interface.
Anna Maria Bigatti

14 Feb 2023

21:29 Support #1688: Release CoCoA 5.4.2
**VIETNAM**
We should decide what to complete before the School in Vietnam.
The (pretty hard) deadline should be ...
John Abbott
21:26 Design #1698: indent: return a string?
I do not have @IndentStr@:... John Abbott
21:23 Slug #1722 (In Progress): Daft slug
On my current linux box the timings are:... John Abbott
 

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