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From 07 Jul 2015 to 05 Aug 2015

03 Aug 2015

12:10 Feature #758: configure: have option to say to look for external libs
John Abbott wrote:
> If we do adopt this idea, what syntax should be used?
> @./configure --with-libgsl=auto@
Th...
Anna Maria Bigatti

02 Aug 2015

18:35 Feature #759 (Closed): Configuration: where to keep source for test compilations?
I have noticed that sometimes more than 1 script needs to perform a test compilation (using essentially the same sour... John Abbott

31 Jul 2015

17:25 Feature #758: configure: have option to say to look for external libs
If we do adopt this idea, what syntax should be used?
@./configure --with-libgsl@
@./configure --with-libgsl=auto...
John Abbott
17:23 Feature #758: configure: have option to say to look for external libs
When would this idea really be useful?
It makes sense really only for libraries which would normally have a system...
John Abbott
17:21 Feature #758 (In Progress): configure: have option to say to look for external libs
Suggestion: let the user say @./configure --with-libgsl=search@
so that a script searches for the appropriate librar...
John Abbott
16:20 Bug #756 (Resolved): frobby (v0.9.0) does not compile with g++-4.8
JAA has made the changes in the previous note, and all seems to work.
JAA has made a revised TGZ file: frobby_0.9....
John Abbott
16:03 Bug #756: frobby (v0.9.0) does not compile with g++-4.8
There are missing includes in @main.cpp@ and @randomDataGenerators.cpp@; you need to add:... John Abbott
16:01 Bug #756 (Closed): frobby (v0.9.0) does not compile with g++-4.8
@frobby@ fails to compile with g++ version 4.8.x John Abbott

30 Jul 2015

17:39 Feature #715 (Closed): RandomSubsetIndices, RandomTupleIndices?
John Abbott
17:35 Support #621: Release: CoCoALib-0.99536
still missing: proper comments on webpage Anna Maria Bigatti
17:19 Support #754 (Closed): Release: CoCoALib-0.99538 (together with CoCoA-5.1.2)
Everything related to making a CoCoALib release:
finalize
make veryclean; make (full make, with all tests and ex...
Anna Maria Bigatti
17:16 Slug #722: valuation slow for large inputs
Extra task: extend defn of @FactorMultiplicity@ to @RingElem@ (belonging to a TrueGCDDomain).
John Abbott
16:16 Slug #722: valuation slow for large inputs
In issue #490 I decided to make the definition of @FactorMultiplicity@ wider: the "base" need not be prime (just an i... John Abbott
15:28 Feature #743: Better errors: give supplementary info about the error
Tracking down the problem in @LinearSimplify@ (see issue #490) was impeded by the vagueness of the error message _Bad... John Abbott
14:14 Design #752 (New): Investigate using Boost.build instead of make
BOOST appears to offer their own @make@ substitute. Consider using it. John Abbott

27 Jul 2015

13:42 Feature #747: New function for making list of symbols (indeterminate names)
I changed all the examples, and commented out the old @symbols@ with 2,3, and 4 arguments.... Anna Maria Bigatti
12:27 Feature #747: New function for making list of symbols (indeterminate names)
I inserted JAA's code in CoCoALib (with a minimal extra check on missing ","s)
It is in symbol.H and C.
I renamed...
Anna Maria Bigatti
12:14 Feature #747: New function for making list of symbols (indeterminate names)
JAA has implemented @SymbolList@ which accepts a string of symbols, and returns the symbols as a @vector<symbol>@.
I...
John Abbott
12:07 Feature #747 (Closed): New function for making list of symbols (indeterminate names)
CoCoA-5 has the nice "shortcut syntax" @R ::= QQ[x,y,z]@ and @R ::= QQ[x[1..4]]@.
In CoCoALib this is often trickier...
Anna Maria Bigatti

25 Jul 2015

17:34 Design #683: Module index component in internal compressed representation
I shall check in shortly; anyway here is the modified line:... John Abbott
17:10 Design #683: Module index component in internal compressed representation
The definition on line @GBEnv.C:48@ does not work with @SmallExponent_t@ being @unsigned long@. JAA is fixing now.
John Abbott

11 Jul 2015

22:31 Feature #142: Improve threadsafety
I wonder whether the default configuration for CoCoALib should be the threadsafe one (which incurs a run-time efficie... John Abbott

09 Jul 2015

13:14 Bug #746: Problem with GBasis in tower of alg extns
Here is a transcript of what happened...... John Abbott
13:13 Bug #746 (New): Problem with GBasis in tower of alg extns
I tried computing a GBasis in a ring with structure like @QQ(alpha)(beta)[x]@ where @alpha@ and @beta@ are algebraic.... John Abbott
08:39 Feature #728: Noncommutative algebra "of solvable type"
No. In my understanding, John correctly described in #2 also Ore algebras (taking into account the note he later adde... Werner M Seiler
 

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