CoCoA

28 Feb 2023

15:19 CoCoALib Feature #1723: New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

After looking a bit further into this, if ... Nico Mexis

27 Feb 2023

20:48 CoCoALib Feature #1723: New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

A quick thought I had about that: Two separate functions (or at least a ... Nico Mexis

20:17 CoCoALib Feature #1723: New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

Oops! I had meant to include Nico Mexis as a watcher for this issue.
I have just added him. Let's see if he has an... John Abbott

20:15 CoCoALib Feature #1723: New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

Thanks for the feedback!
I must agree that it is probably easier to guess what the fn does if it is called *@Coprime... John Abbott

12:09 CoCoALib Feature #1723: New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

John Abbott wrote:
> Since I need the fn for something else, I'll proceed with *@CoprimePart@*.
> But I still hope ... Anna Maria Bigatti

20:45 CoCoA-5 Design #1681: Should Starting be case-insensitive?

I have just revised the impl in *@coclib.cpkg5@*
Right now there is a local variable which says whether to do a case... John Abbott

20:23 CoCoA-5 Design #1681 (In Progress): Should Starting be case-insensitive?

A disadvantage of being case insensitive is that it may sometimes produce too much output...
in theory... are there ... John Abbott

20:12 CoCoALib Design #1721 (In Progress): Verbose messages: print level?

I wonder whether the format you propose is too terse, but then making it longer perhaps produces too much output?
No... John Abbott

12:31 CoCoALib Design #1721: Verbose messages: print level?

Proposed look (invented numbers) @[depth:level] space space@... Anna Maria Bigatti

12:15 CoCoALib Design #1721: Verbose messages: print level?

Yes!!! That's a great idea!
It would be impossibile to keep the documentation up to date... and tedious to read.
Anna Maria Bigatti

12:57 CoCoA-5 Slug #1722: Daft slug

At least partly due to memory creation for intermediate computations: restarting CoCoA and swapping the computations... Anna Maria Bigatti

12:40 CoCoA-5 Slug #1722: Daft slug

John Abbott wrote:
> On my current linux box the timings are:
> [...]
On my Mac... Anna Maria Bigatti

12:38 CoCoA-5 Design #1698: indent: return a string?

John Abbott wrote:
> I do not have @IndentStr@:
> [...]
>
> Can you check in? And write the manual (should be t... Anna Maria Bigatti

11:48 CoCoA-5 Feature #1724 (Resolved): New function: AdjacentMinors

done and pre-released for testing
Still to do: manual Anna Maria Bigatti

20 Feb 2023

21:54 CoCoALib Feature #1723 (In Progress): New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

Since I need the fn for something else, I'll proceed with *@CoprimePart@*.
But I still hope to get feedback, and per... John Abbott

16 Feb 2023

09:26 CoCoA-5 Feature #1724 (Closed): New function: AdjacentMinors

For CoCoA School Hue.
Choose the best interface. Anna Maria Bigatti

14 Feb 2023

21:29 CoCoA-5 Support #1688: Release CoCoA 5.4.2

**VIETNAM**
We should decide what to complete before the School in Vietnam.
The (pretty hard) deadline should be ... John Abbott

21:26 CoCoA-5 Design #1698: indent: return a string?

I do not have @IndentStr@:... John Abbott

21:23 CoCoA-5 Slug #1722 (In Progress): Daft slug

On my current linux box the timings are:... John Abbott

21:20 CoCoALib Design #1721: Verbose messages: print level?

Does anyone have any comments? Better ideas?
John Abbott

21:18 CoCoALib Feature #1723: New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

I thought of @OddPart@ first (because I needed it somewhere).
Then I found I wanted the more general version, but ha... John Abbott

21:11 CoCoALib Feature #1723 (Closed): New fn CoprimePart, OddPart: naming question

I am considering adding two new functions:
* *@OddPart(N)@* or maybe *@OddFactor(N)@* which returns @N/2^k@ where @... John Abbott

06 Feb 2023

15:56 CoCoA-5 Slug #1722: Daft slug

This not really serious, just unexpected/surprising.
JAA does not really think that there is anything to fix here.
John Abbott

15:55 CoCoA-5 Slug #1722 (In Progress): Daft slug

Since I'm now working for "the other side", I can send lots of bug reports ;-)... John Abbott