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15 Feb 2019

22:46 CoCoA-5 Bug #1244 (In Progress): MSatLinSolve: req minor improvements
Currently @MSatLinSolve@ appears to accept matrices over finite fields; probably it should require the ring to be cha... John Abbott
16:07 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243: New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
At the moment, input is only via *@GetLine@*, which naturally reads a whole line as a string.
Currently we cannot ...
John Abbott
14:28 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243: New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
John Abbott wrote:
> After lunch (rather disappointing fish-and-chips in the mensa), I now think that trying to impo...
Anna Maria Bigatti
13:33 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243: New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
After lunch (rather disappointing fish-and-chips in the mensa), I now think that trying to impose a "list syntax" is ... John Abbott
12:10 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243 (In Progress): New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
Here are some thoughts:
# in the current (prototype) implementation the natural way to read inputs is line-by-line; ...
John Abbott
11:54 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243: New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
I admit I would have found this useful in a number of occasions.
I had followed the same workaround as Ange...
Anna Maria Bigatti
14:54 CoCoA-5 Bug #1226: ExternalLibs return empty list
Yes, I definitely have @READLINE@ -- it works!
It is true that *@READLINE@* is included in the _interpreter,_ and ...
John Abbott
14:29 CoCoA-5 Bug #1226: ExternalLibs return empty list
John Abbott wrote:
> On my computer *@READLINE@* does not appear even though CoCoAInterpreter has been compiled with...
Anna Maria Bigatti
13:15 CoCoA-5 Bug #1226: ExternalLibs return empty list
I am now inclined to change my mind about my comment 2 above. As Anna says, the info is directly available from @Ver... John Abbott
12:06 CoCoA-5 Bug #1226: ExternalLibs return empty list
Currently it is implemented as... Anna Maria Bigatti
14:49 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239 (Resolved): CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
Good, we're agreed. I've fixed it too -- we'll merge when I'm in Genoa.
I do still have a minor doubt about the emp...
John Abbott
14:37 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239: CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
OK, convinced.
If he actually wrote a progam where he needed to handle the 1-case (and had to design his own workaro...
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:54 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239: CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
I do note that *@CartesianProductList([])@* returns *@[]@* without warning (or error, obviously).
I *might* be wil...
John Abbott
12:50 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239 (In Progress): CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
I can try asking the student again for a copy of his program. However, the student was fairly good at programming, a... John Abbott
12:21 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239: CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
hmmmmm, true.
I had been reasoning too mathematically....
I do not much like it though.
should instead return an...
Anna Maria Bigatti
14:13 CoCoA-5 Design #476: Review utility of package IO
John Abbott wrote:
> What about the other junk in *@io.cpkg@*?
>
> * *@format@* is exported
and is used
> *...
Anna Maria Bigatti
13:44 CoCoA-5 Design #476: Review utility of package IO
What about the other junk in *@io.cpkg@*?
* *@format@* is exported
* *@SprintTrunc@* appears in the CoCoA-5 manua...
John Abbott
13:09 CoCoA-5 Design #476: Review utility of package IO
I have just looked quickly on internet for information about the unix command *@fold@*:
* it seems there are three s...
John Abbott
12:14 CoCoA-5 Design #476: Review utility of package IO
John Abbott wrote:
> JAA thinks we can remove *@StarPrint@* and *@StarPrintFold@* from the CoCoA-5 manual (and also ...
Anna Maria Bigatti
11:59 CoCoA-5 Support #1241: GDPR: website, mailing list
The mailing list is now under google, so I believe we have nothing to do about that.
I need to understand better abo...
Anna Maria Bigatti

14 Feb 2019

14:36 CoCoA-5 Feature #1236: Add "socket" devices
OK, I'll test it on Mac when you are in Genova
Anna Maria Bigatti

13 Feb 2019

15:58 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243: New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
Presumably the list syntax should be the same as what CoCoA prints: ","-separated entries inside square brackets [].
...
John Abbott
15:55 CoCoA-5 Feature #1243 (Closed): New function: Read a string into a list (of RingElem) -- CoCoA-5
Ange asked whether it would be possible to have a function like @ReadExpr@ but which reads a list of ringelem (or a l... John Abbott
15:53 CoCoA-5 Feature #1236: Add "socket" devices
I have used the BOOST "asio" library. On my machine compilation requires the linking flag *@-lpthread@* John Abbott
15:51 CoCoA-5 Feature #1236 (In Progress): Add "socket" devices
I have opted for the following design in the first impl:
@OpenSocket@ creates a @RECORD@ with two fields *@send@* an...
John Abbott

08 Feb 2019

21:35 CoCoALib Design #1242 (In Progress): C++14: Use type auto where appropriate
When we switch to C+11/C++14 consider replacing some explicit type declarations with *@auto@*. John Abbott
21:17 CoCoALib Feature #4: Squarefree GCD-free basis
The "squarefree" version should only be for polynomials because it is too costly (in general) to tell if an integer i... John Abbott
20:56 CoCoALib Feature #374 (Closed): Porting "IdealOfProjectivePoints"
There was just one test. I have just tried it, and it worked. So closing.
John Abbott
20:53 CoCoA-5 Support #1241 (New): GDPR: website, mailing list
We should check that our website is GDPR compliant -- I have some doubts about the "visitor counter".
Strictly we sh...
John Abbott
20:41 CoCoA-5 Bug #1226 (Feedback): ExternalLibs return empty list
Can we make the function return also the versions of the external libraries as in *@VersionInfo@*?
Is it worth doing...
John Abbott
20:38 CoCoA-5 Support #1240: John's visit Feb 2019
Qui sotto sono le cose che sper(iam)o di fare durante la mia visita:
* sincronizzare col CVS
* far funzionare VPN ...
John Abbott
20:21 CoCoA-5 Support #1240 (Closed): John's visit Feb 2019
Questo e` un compito finto. Il suo scopo e` solo di raccogliere (nel primo commento?) un elenco delle cose da fare d... John Abbott

29 Jan 2019

14:42 CoCoA-5 Design #476: Review utility of package IO
JAA thinks we can remove *@StarPrint@* and *@StarPrintFold@* from the CoCoA-5 manual (and also from *@io.cpkg5@*)
...
John Abbott
12:11 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239: CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
The bug would found by a student in Passau (Bernhard Andrashko).
His program misbehaved when computing @CartesianPro...
John Abbott
12:09 CoCoA-5 Bug #1239 (Closed): CartesianProductList: case of just 1 entry in list
I believe *@CartesianProductList@* handles wrongly the case of a list with just 1 entry:... John Abbott

21 Jan 2019

21:30 CoCoALib Slug #1238: ReadExpr is too slow on long lists of monomial with many indets: ---> use RingElems instead
It would be helpful to have some examples (perhaps even a family of examples).
This should help the developers, and ...
John Abbott
16:00 CoCoALib Slug #1238 (Closed): ReadExpr is too slow on long lists of monomial with many indets: ---> use RingElems instead
Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon has horrible monomial ideals with 500 indets and 500 gens.
Even with just 50 gens it takes ...
Anna Maria Bigatti
 

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