CoCoA

09 May 2022

11:49 CoCoA-5 Design #1681: Should Starting be case-insensitive?

yes, I think that would be a good idea, case insensitive (ci by default if we allow both).
Anna Maria Bigatti

06 May 2022

21:15 CoCoA-5 Design #1681 (In Progress): Should Starting be case-insensitive?

Currently *@starting@* is case-sensitive
_e.g._ @starting("J")@ and @starting("j")@ give quite different results.... John Abbott

21:06 CoCoALib Slug #1680 (Feedback): FloorLog2 or SizeInBase?

Changed impl of @FloorLog2@ as described above... why was it not already like that? No idea!
All tests pass.
John Abbott

15:19 CoCoALib Slug #1680: FloorLog2 or SizeInBase?

Anna says that I should have impl'd @FloorLog2@ so that it calls @SizeInBase@ directly.
Ooops. Why did I not think ... John Abbott

15:04 CoCoALib Slug #1680 (In Progress): FloorLog2 or SizeInBase?

Would it not be better to use the name *@BitSize@* rather than require that the user call @SizeInBase(N,2)@?
Would w... John Abbott

21 Apr 2022

19:33 CoCoALib Slug #1680: FloorLog2 or SizeInBase?

I had completely forgotten that we had created @SizeInBase@.
@FloorLog2@ is fairly quick, but @SizeInBase@ is instan... John Abbott

19:30 CoCoALib Slug #1680 (Closed): FloorLog2 or SizeInBase?

In several places @FloorLog2@ is used to obtain a quick estimate of the
size of an integer; however, @SizeInBase@ is... John Abbott

20 Apr 2022

21:49 CoCoA-5 Design #1679: BuiltinFunctions-GFan includes normaliz?!?

The point is that @BuiltinFunctions.H@ needs to know the classes defined in CoCoALib;
not sure if fwd decls would su... John Abbott

21:47 CoCoA-5 Design #1679 (New): BuiltinFunctions-GFan includes normaliz?!?

When compiling CoCoA-5, I see that @BuiltinFunctions-GFan.C@ includes the normaliz headers.
This is via @BuiltinFunc... John Abbott

11:37 CoCoALib Design #1678: Unsigned long for indexes (& sizes?)

I spoke to Anna yesterday about this. Naturally, she was uneasy about reversing a decision we made a long time ago.
... John Abbott

11:30 CoCoALib Design #1678 (In Progress): Unsigned long for indexes (& sizes?)

So far we have avoided using @unsigned@ integer types, and recommend using just @long@.
I now have doubts about th... John Abbott