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From 10 Oct 2021 to 08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
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16:43 CoCoA-5 Bug #1356: CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- I have reviewed the header files and checked them in.
We need to review also the copyright notices: I have added A... -
12:39 CoCoA-5 Slug #1629 (Closed): RingElem slow with many indets
- Bernhard Andraschko reports the following (via email):...
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11:29 CoCoA-5 Bug #1104 (In Progress): Eigenvectors: inconsistent return type
- Get started!
05 Nov 2021
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23:07 CoCoA-5 Bug #1356 (Resolved): CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- I have changed all the files.
The only slightly strange one is @C5.H@ where the whole file is inside a @#ifdef@ bloc... -
16:47 CoCoA-5 Bug #1356: CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- This is a reasonable proposal. Let's do it!
Soon?
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16:53 CoCoA-5 Design #1501 (Rejected): testing for syntax errors
- Since we cannot see how to do this in a reasonable way, we reject the issue.
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16:44 CoCoA-5 Bug #1524 (Feedback): wrong SystemCommand exit value
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16:40 CoCoA-5 Bug #1623: EmacsUI: annoying colours
- John Abbott wrote:
> I suppose we could change the printed form to something like this:
> [...]
> Or maybe *@domai... -
16:33 CoCoA-5 Design #1568: RMap and image: obsolescent?
- The old function @image@ is only used in @radical.cpkg2@ and @toric.cpkg5@.
They should (easily) be replaced by prop... -
16:20 CoCoA-5 Design #1568 (In Progress): RMap and image: obsolescent?
- I have commented out the version in @coclib.cpkg5@. All tests pass.
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16:17 CoCoA-5 Design #474: Eliminate package BinRepr
- Anna: compare the function in CoCoALib and remove or simplify the package, at least @Aux_BinExp@ should be deleted.
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16:09 CoCoALib Feature #1103: Pseudo-zero-dim ideals
- see also #1254
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16:07 CoCoALib Feature #1103: Pseudo-zero-dim ideals
- There is something very similar for RationalSolve in CoCoA-5.
Anna: consider that design and copy:... -
16:08 CoCoA-5 Design #1407 (In Progress): Tagged values (Hilbert Series)
- What is the status of this issue? It is resolved?
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16:05 CoCoALib Feature #1254: New function: MinPoly for pseudo-zero-dimensional ideals
- Anna will try do this; perhaps this is a helpful prototype for issue #1103.
A very simple approach here would be t... -
15:54 CoCoALib Design #1628: Unused variables, params, data members
- I tried changing @CoCoA_ASSERT@ so that it expanded to @(void)sizeof(cond)@, *BUT* this worked badly because some ass...
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15:42 CoCoALib Feature #1235 (In Progress): FreeModule: get canonical basis
- Agreed: the proposal in comment 5 is accepted.
To clarify the order of the elements in the canonical basis should ... -
15:36 CoCoALib Support #1612: Merge the doc file RadicalMembership.txt into ideal.txt
- Anna will do this!
Soon... I hope! -
15:34 CoCoALib Bug #536 (In Progress): Make RingBase::myCharacteristic a fn rather than a proc
- Anna approves too.
Suggestion: create also a fn which returns a machine @long@ (if poss, o/w error).
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15:30 CoCoALib Support #1618: Tidy ex-RingElem2
- John Abbott wrote:
> I have tried to improve the structure of the code. What is printed out is tedious to follow --...
04 Nov 2021
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23:26 CoCoA-5 Feature #1526: EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
- Is this something easy we could do quickly? Or is it better to postpone to the next release?
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23:24 CoCoA-5 Bug #1397 (Resolved): Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- I have just tried, and CoCoA-5 no longer crashes. It also produced a fairly reasonable error message.
Maybe the err... -
23:21 CoCoA-5 Bug #1397: Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- If @CoCoAHelp.xml@ is missing then the installation is broken (or there is a wrong path).
Crashing/aborting may be a... -
23:16 CoCoA-5 Bug #1320: CoCoA-5 manual: incorrect empty line in syntax box (in PDF file)
- This is still a problem, but not so common.
We should identify some cases where it occurs, and study those:... -
23:07 CoCoA-5 Design #1501: testing for syntax errors
- The idea itself is not so bad, but actually implementing looks to be nightmarish.
I am inclined to reject this iss... -
22:59 CoCoA-5 Bug #1623 (In Progress): EmacsUI: annoying colours
- Now that I must consider how ringhoms are printed, I do think that readability of the current format is not so good.
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20:34 CoCoA-5 Design #610: Variable It: assign before or after printing
- Is the value "assigned" to @It@ or swapped into @It@ (hopefully without being copied more than strictly necessary)?
03 Nov 2021
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20:56 CoCoALib Support #1265: Unregistered TXT files in doc
- I have added a "first" version of doc for @IdealOfPoints@ and @IdealOfProjectivePoints@.
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19:57 CoCoALib Support #1265: Unregistered TXT files in doc
- The doc for @assert@ had already been added. I have revised the source code in @assert.H@ slightly.
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19:20 CoCoALib Support #1265: Unregistered TXT files in doc
- I have just added doc for *@exception@* to the indexes.
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20:07 CoCoALib Design #1422: Remove flag IhaveGBasisValue?
- We should see who uses the flag @IHaveGBasis@.
Presumably it could be replaced by a function which returns true if t... -
19:05 CoCoALib Feature #1235: FreeModule: get canonical basis
- If we want a special fn for getting the standard/canonical basis for a free module then it could be called *@Canonica...
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18:58 CoCoALib Support #1591 (In Progress): Compilation of Normaliz
- What is the status of this issue?
Have it been resolved? Is there documentation? It would be good to close it, if ... -
18:55 CoCoALib Design #1628: Unused variables, params, data members
- I have just implemented the KISS approach: namely 2 @#ifdef@ blocks. Everything compiles, & all tests pass (both wit...
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18:03 CoCoALib Design #1628: Unused variables, params, data members
- The KISS solution would be to use the @CoCoA_DEBUG@ macro.
I'm not keen to use macros (esp. to make @#ifdef@ blocks ... -
18:01 CoCoALib Design #1628 (In Progress): Unused variables, params, data members
- @clang@ is probably correct to report that the data-members are unused.
Their presence makes objects of this class n... -
17:59 CoCoALib Design #1628 (In Progress): Unused variables, params, data members
- Anna reports that clang issues warning about unused data-members (in @MatrixFpNonRed@).
The data-members are used wh... -
17:01 CoCoALib Design #1528 (In Progress): MacOS compilation with clang
- We have made some inprovements.
Clang's errors/warnings are often quite helpful (but sometimes also annoying).
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16:48 CoCoALib Support #1618 (In Progress): Tidy ex-RingElem2
- I have tried to improve the structure of the code. What is printed out is tedious to follow -- can we make that prin...
30 Oct 2021
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22:09 CoCoALib Bug #1280: Determinant & Inverse of matrix over non integral domain
- Here is a way of making test cases for computing determinant:
take a unimodular matrix, and multiply it by a nzzd (w... -
19:57 CoCoA-5 Bug #1502 (In Progress): SystemCommand in Microsoft version
- Bernhard and I made several tests yesterday: well, he made the tests, I just came up with "clever"(??) ideas.
*SUM... -
19:47 CoCoALib Design #1625 (Resolved): Use new C++ keyword override
- I have checked in (and found several errors/inconsistencies while doing so).
All compiles and works fine on my Linux... -
19:46 CoCoALib Design #1627 (Resolved): Use keyword "delete" for deleted functions
- I have checked in my changes. All compiles fine on my Linux box.
29 Oct 2021
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21:51 CoCoALib Design #1627: Use keyword "delete" for deleted functions
- I have done the first wave (too much train travel).
Very mind-numbing doing these almost mechanical changes.
My cop... -
21:49 CoCoALib Design #1627 (Closed): Use keyword "delete" for deleted functions
- Following advice from Scott Meyers (Eff Modern C++, item 11)
use the keyword *@delete@* to indicate deleted function... -
19:17 CoCoA-5 Design #1626 (Feedback): NewMat: should be obsolescent?
- What are the differences between *@NewMat@* and *@ZeroMat@*.
The manual entry for @NewMat@ suggests that it is almos... -
19:13 CoCoALib Bug #1280: Determinant & Inverse of matrix over non integral domain
- Here are some more examples which should work, but which do not:...
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19:09 CoCoALib Bug #536: Make RingBase::myCharacteristic a fn rather than a proc
- Now we have moved to C++14, and @BigInt@ has a move ctor, we can implement this change.
Should there be a speed ch... -
09:38 CoCoALib Design #1625: Use new C++ keyword override
- John Abbott wrote:
> In @FractionField.C@ I have found this check-in comment:
> [...]
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> I suppose this was the...
27 Oct 2021
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13:13 CoCoA-5 Support #1006: External dependencies for building
- A possible compromise to avoid deleting the documentation if the software components needed to rebuild it are not pre...
25 Oct 2021
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20:01 CoCoALib Design #1625: Use new C++ keyword override
- In @FractionField.C@ I have found this check-in comment:...
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19:58 CoCoALib Design #1625: Use new C++ keyword override
- I think I have made most of the changes... quite a mind-numbing experience :-(
I may have found a couple of typos ... -
19:52 CoCoALib Design #1625 (Closed): Use new C++ keyword override
- Scott Meyers, in Effective Modern C++, writes in Item 12 that one should use the new C++ keyword *@override@* for mem...
22 Oct 2021
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08:22 CoCoALib Feature #1589 (Feedback): IdealOfPoints: allow matrix of points to be defined over "wrong" ring
- Added test
21 Oct 2021
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17:41 CoCoA-5 Bug #1624: CantStop playing CantStop
- My CoCoA-5 ended abruptly when I sent an EOF as an input: is that to be expected?...
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17:24 CoCoA-5 Bug #1624: CantStop playing CantStop
- It seems to work fine on my linux box.
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17:22 CoCoA-5 Bug #1624 (New): CantStop playing CantStop
- Long tried @PlayCantStop@ (On Microsoft) but quickly wanted to give up.
However, interrupting did not work. He had ...
20 Oct 2021
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22:09 CoCoALib Design #1608 (Closed): Domain of definition of NextPrime (and PrevPrime)
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22:05 CoCoA-5 Bug #1614 (Feedback): SourceRegion gives misleading error mesg
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22:04 CoCoA-5 Feature #1616 (Feedback): UnivariateIndetIndex: remove cocoa-5 implementation and use CoCoALib's
- Maybe poor Anna will have to do a merge?
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15:53 CoCoA-5 Feature #1616 (Resolved): UnivariateIndetIndex: remove cocoa-5 implementation and use CoCoALib's
- This is almost done. I made the change while making a belated, corrected video for last week's CoCoALib course.
Wil... -
21:48 CoCoALib Design #1617 (Resolved): UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- I have checked in the version which rejects constant but accepts polyrings with 1 indet.
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20:40 CoCoALib Design #1617: UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- I tried throwing an exception if the arg was a constant or if the polyring had just 1 indet, but several tests failed...
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15:52 CoCoALib Design #1617: UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- If we do change the semantics, *don't forget to change the doc as well!* And perhaps also change the tests!
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15:51 CoCoALib Design #1617 (In Progress): UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- I have just modified the imple of @UnivariateIndetIndex@ so that it produces an error if the input is constant or if ...
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15:56 CoCoALib Design #950: factor and SmoothFactor for integers --> FactorINT, FactorINT_TrialDiv, FactorINT_PollardRho
- Robbiano would like @factor@ to work for integers (or some integers, at least).
How can we do this reasonably? Mayb...
18 Oct 2021
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12:01 CoCoA-5 Bug #1623: EmacsUI: annoying colours
- I suppose we could change the printed form to something like this:...
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11:58 CoCoA-5 Bug #1623 (Feedback): EmacsUI: annoying colours
- I have now found examples where the EmacsUI can change colours annoyingly: printing out homomorphisms....
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11:33 CoCoA-5 Bug #1622: BuiltinOneLiners -- less precise location in error messages
- Here is an example of what I mean:...
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11:30 CoCoA-5 Bug #1622: BuiltinOneLiners -- less precise location in error messages
- I have set the target version as 5.3.4, but this may be wildly optimistic.
I fear that this request may be rather ha... -
11:29 CoCoA-5 Bug #1622 (New): BuiltinOneLiners -- less precise location in error messages
- I have noticed that error messages produced by fns which are defined in *@BuiltinOneLiners@* are less precise than th...
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11:26 CoCoA-5 Support #1621: Doc for the various BuiltIn files
- I have set 5.3.4 as the target version because I think it would be a good idea to have a first version available soon...
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11:25 CoCoA-5 Support #1621 (New): Doc for the various BuiltIn files
- We need to produce documentation explaining the difference between the various *@BuiltIn@* files.
When someone wants... -
11:23 CoCoA-5 Feature #1596: Add CoCoA5 function NmzHilbertBasisKer
- Compare also with *@LinKer@* which returns MAT and *@LinKerBasis@*, returning LIST LIST RINGELEM.
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11:08 CoCoA-5 Bug #928: ciao, exit, quit can be used not only at top level
- The problem as describe is still present.
The easy approach is to leave the interpreter as is, and just change the...
17 Oct 2021
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20:49 CoCoA-5 Bug #1412 (Feedback): Emacs UI: font size
- I have just checked in a modified version of cocoa5.el.
I have replaced line 1337 by an *@if@* which sets the major ...
15 Oct 2021
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20:12 CoCoA-5 Bug #1412: Emacs UI: font size
- I think the relevant line is 1337 in @cocoa5.el@... too tired to try now.
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14:09 CoCoA-5 Bug #1412: Emacs UI: font size
- A quick search produced the following advice:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2238418/emacs-lisp-how-to-get-bu... -
14:24 CoCoALib Bug #1620 (New): MinPolyQuot not documented
- MinPolyQuot is available in CoCoALib but is not documented.
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14:22 CoCoALib Feature #1619 (Closed): Make saturate available in CoCoALib
- It seems like this is already implemented. There is a function mySaturate in _AlgebraicCore/SparsePolyOps-ideal.C_.
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14 Oct 2021
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15:50 CoCoALib Design #1617: UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- Mmm, should it be an error to call @UnivariateIndetIndex@ if the polyring has just 1 indet?
After all, the answer i... -
15:48 CoCoALib Support #1618 (Closed): Tidy ex-RingElem2
- I think that *@ex-RingElem2@* needs to be updated/tidied.
For instance, there is no need to pass the ring to the f...
13 Oct 2021
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20:34 CoCoALib Design #1617: UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- What about the case of a constant poly in a polyring with just 1 indet?
Error or not? (assuming we opt for an error... -
20:14 CoCoALib Design #1617 (Closed): UnivariateIndetIndex: exact semantics
- What are the exact semantics of *@UnivariateIndetIndex@*?
In particular what should the function return if passed ... -
17:11 CoCoA-5 Feature #1616 (Closed): UnivariateIndetIndex: remove cocoa-5 implementation and use CoCoALib's
12 Oct 2021
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09:33 CoCoA-5 Slug #709: Speed of some Normaliz calls (NmzComputation)
- (2021-10-12) Last time this was checked was 4 years ago! We must check to see if it still a problem!
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09:27 CoCoA-5 Feature #912: Add TUTORIALs to online manual
- The situation has improved. Maybe I will get good feedback from the course here in Kassel (2021-10-12).
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09:26 CoCoA-5 Feature #1246: Revive old CoCoA4 package called "cocoa5.cpkg"
- I think this has progressed but nothing was noted here. Increased %done.
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09:22 CoCoA-5 Slug #1581: Slow sqfr: rad(f)
- *2021-10-12* this is still a problem.
Presumably the problem comes from computing a multivariate gcd over a finite... -
09:12 CoCoA-5 Bug #1443: Illegal instruction
- Esiste ancora questo problema? Non ho piu` sentito niente.
Possiamo semplicement chiudere l'issue? -
09:03 CoCoA-5 Feature #1415: thmproving package
- Any progress on this issue in the last year?
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