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10 May 2024

11:16 Design #610 (Closed): Variable It: assign before or after printing

Current behaviour is acceptable (and should still be safe even if we make printing interruptible).
Closing.
John Abbott

11:07 Design #1496 (Rejected): Use "special" names for variables inside tests

After brief discussion with Anna: KISS -- it works without problem as is, so don't waste time fixing a problem which... John Abbott

10:50 Design #1508: Initial ring

I'm undecided about changing the name (some beginner user might think that the name "QQxyz" has some interpretation b... Anna Maria Bigatti

10:33 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

Anna suggests
*@[[waiting for ";"]]@*
John Abbott

10:30 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

Another suggestion
*@[[incomplete or forgot ";"?]]@*
John Abbott

10:02 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

> How about a very succinct *@[[forgot ";"?]]@*
yes! Anna Maria Bigatti

09 May 2024

10:24 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

Some more thoughts:
* How long may the prompt be?
* For whom is the prompt meant to be useful?
For a complete be... John Abbott

08 May 2024

16:56 Support #1603 (Rejected): Unhelpful behaviour in "compatibility mode": double error mesg

John Abbott wrote:
> I'm still with *won't fix* because we have far more important things to do with our time.
> Re... Anna Maria Bigatti

16:53 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

I don't mind the current message, but also... Anna Maria Bigatti

16:49 Support #1566 (Closed): What does rad do?

John Abbott wrote:
> There is no *@rad@* function in the current version of CoCoA-5.
> Close?
yes, it was a temp... Anna Maria Bigatti

05 May 2024

21:01 Support #1603: Unhelpful behaviour in "compatibility mode": double error mesg

I'm still with *won't fix* because we have far more important things to do with our time.
Reject?
John Abbott

20:57 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

It does seem to be hard to find a better prompt without it become too long (and possibly still not covering all cases... John Abbott

20:53 Support #1566: What does rad do?

There is no *@rad@* function in the current version of CoCoA-5.
Close?
John Abbott

20:49 Slug #1760 (Closed): Quitting can be slow

This has been done for some time. I'm happy enough with the behaviour... no-one else has complained. So closing.
John Abbott

20:44 Feature #97: OpenOFile

This issue was opened 12 years ago. Have there been any complaints in that time about the differing behaviour?
Ma... John Abbott

20:17 Design #1508: Initial ring

This issue has been dormant for too long. Here is what I now think:
* the initial ring should have a longer name, I... John Abbott

19:53 Design #1496: Use "special" names for variables inside tests

I originally created this issue, which superficially seems reasonable.
But now I no longer recall exactly which name... John Abbott

19:45 Bug #1746: ManExamples target: need to reset VerbosityLevel

The Control-M character seems to appear where a printed line has had a prefix elided.
It is not serious, but I wou... John Abbott

19:42 Design #610: Variable It: assign before or after printing

I am testing the behaviour by computing a large cyclotomic polynomial (without assigning it). Then compute @1+2@ wit... John Abbott

19:39 Design #610 (Resolved): Variable It: assign before or after printing

I believe that the relevant spurce code is around @Interpreter.C:4187@ The line I mean is... John Abbott

19:15 Bug #1708: Linux: just 1 executable, should be 2 (with & without readline)

Have we made any progress with this?
Maybe it suffices to make a few small changes to the scripts which make the rel... John Abbott

19:12 Bug #1634 (In Progress): Unexpected or unhelpful error using GroebnerFanIdeals

This specific problem does not arise on a platform with 64-bit @long@; though no doubt a larger example would eventua... John Abbott

19:03 Bug #1435: Disable readline if input is redirected

Here are some possibly useful links:
* *@https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5156675/how-to-use-isatty-on-cout-or-ca... John Abbott

18:54 Bug #727 (In Progress): Emacs UI: send-file (C-c C-f) should check if buffer and file are synchronized

Here are some potentially useful links:
* *@https://superuser.com/questions/712237/safely-reload-files-which-are-cha... John Abbott

19 Apr 2024

22:10 Bug #1794 (Resolved): Do not use random inside tests!!

@random@ is called harmlessly in @exbugs.cocoa5@.
We should check *@ErrMesg.cocoa5@* and *@test-ApproxSolve.cocoa5@*... John Abbott

17:10 Design #1709 (Closed): Test tut-CoCoLA2

John Abbott