CoCoA » CoCoA-5

22 Dec 2023

20:12 Slug #948 (Closed): radical is slow (compared to singular) on these examples

The current state is good enough; it necessary, we could improve it at some future point.
Good enough to close (afte... John Abbott

20:09 Bug #1746: ManExamples target: need to reset VerbosityLevel

The original problem seems to be resolved now.
I did notice that the file @ManExamples-out@ sometimes contains the c... John Abbott

20:06 Slug #1629 (Closed): RingElem slow with many indets

Closing after 7 months in feedback. John Abbott

19:50 Bug #1745 (Closed): Printing of Hilbert series via indent

The current situation is not "perfect" but probably good enough (until we encounter a real situation where a better s... John Abbott

19:46 Feature #1718 (Closed): FactorINT with time-out

I have decided to disable *@FactorINT_timeout@* because
* @FactorINT@ now auto times-out after about 20s (since it i... John Abbott

19:30 Design #1075 (Closed): LaTeX package: power-product printing

It seems that current impl has opted for KISS with long names preceded by a backslash.
This seems to be a good compr... John Abbott

19:21 Feature #1112 (Closed): New function: IsEmpty

The manual entry looks OK to me; what do you think, Anna?
Each user can decide whether they prefer @IsEmpty(L)@ or @... John Abbott

11:35 Bug #1766 (Closed): Emacs 29: Removal of obsolete entries

Nico Mexis

11:35 Bug #1766: Emacs 29: Removal of obsolete entries

Sorry, forgot to respond here - only replied via email.
This issue is resolved now, thanks! Nico Mexis

11:21 Bug #1766: Emacs 29: Removal of obsolete entries

I'll try asking Nico if the problem is resolved now. If so, we can close this issue.
John Abbott

11:29 Feature #823: NewPolyRing with weights -- better interface?

[after phone discussion]
Might the name *@NewPolyRingWithWeights@* be clearer?
Anyway, we can always later change t... John Abbott

10:43 Feature #823: NewPolyRing with weights -- better interface?

John Abbott wrote:
> An alternative would be to accept a @record@ as an argument, but this does make the input longe... Anna Maria Bigatti

11:27 Design #1681: Should Starting be case-insensitive?

Should we offer a case-insensitive string comparison function?
John Abbott

11:26 Design #1681: Should Starting be case-insensitive?

There is a small problem with some entries appearing twice:... John Abbott

30 Nov 2023

17:21 Support #1636: Missing/Incomplete manual entries

Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> I implemented and exported in CoCoA5 the function @WordList()@, it just is the CoCoA5 v... Anna Maria Bigatti

16:59 Support #1636: Missing/Incomplete manual entries

I implemented and exported in CoCoA5 the function @WordList()@, it just is the CoCoA5 version of the utility functio... Anna Maria Bigatti

29 Nov 2023

21:39 Support #1636: Missing/Incomplete manual entries

Here is the result of my first sweep:
* @fgrep "No exact match" ...@ [44 lines]
* @fgrep "No matches" ...@ [336... John Abbott

21:34 Support #1636 (In Progress): Missing/Incomplete manual entries

Here is a start to finding which functions need manual entries but don't have them.
Below is some CoCoA-5 code whi... John Abbott

28 Nov 2023

22:29 Feature #980 (In Progress): CoeffSize: function to measure the size of coeffs in a poly

JAA notes that @FloorLog2@ is faster than @FloorLog10@ -- a quick check suggest at least 100 times faster.
Also @Flo... John Abbott

22:17 Design #1772: Continued fraction: arg type RAT or RAT/INT?

Possible options:
* disable the auto conversion from @RAT@ to @INT@ -- JAA doubts that this is wise (it could cause ... John Abbott

22:12 Design #1772 (New): Continued fraction: arg type RAT or RAT/INT?

Currently the continued fraction functions expect an arg of type @RAT@.
This cause a problem in one program I wrote ... John Abbott