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19 Jan 2017

18:10 Feature #1001: CoCoALib: ideas for student projects

Here are some ideas:
* write a fn @IsCyclotomic@ for univariate polynomials (based on paper by Bradford+Davenport)
... John Abbott

18:05 Feature #1001 (In Progress): CoCoALib: ideas for student projects

Collect here ideas for potential student projects based on CoCoALib. John Abbott

17:05 Design #999: configuration: include -std=c++03 by default?

The compilation flag *@-std=c++03@* is not recognized by the old g++ (version 4.2.1) on my old MacBook Pro, so causes... John Abbott

18 Jan 2017

18:01 Design #999 (Closed): configuration: include -std=c++03 by default?

After having compile CoCoALib on several newish Linux boxes, I have noticed that there are many warnings about @auto_... John Abbott

15:05 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags

OK, then I should try to change the default behaviour... this evening's "entertainment"? :-/
John Abbott

14:49 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags

John Abbott wrote:
> @Anna: you can check whether you would have problems by configuring with the option *@--ignore-... Anna Maria Bigatti

17 Jan 2017

18:20 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags

@Anna: you can check whether you would have problems by configuring with the option *@--ignore-gmp-cflags@* and then ... John Abbott

15:13 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags

John Abbott wrote:
> Such a change would not be "backward compatible", but the incompatibility would be noticed only... Anna Maria Bigatti

15 Jan 2017

17:47 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags

Another email (from Matthias Koeppe) reported much the same problem as Gereon had.
In replying to him, I wondered ... John Abbott

11 Jan 2017

15:02 Bug #591: Problem with template instantiation and order of include directives

Mario and I looked in Stroustrup's C++ book (v.4), and the magic phrase appears to be *point-of-instantiation binding... John Abbott

10 Jan 2017

11:20 Bug #591: Problem with template instantiation and order of include directives

There remains the question of how to correctly organize the header files in CoCoALib so that this "wonderful feature"... John Abbott

11:12 Bug #591 (In Progress): Problem with template instantiation and order of include directives

It really is a C++ trap for the unwary... grrr!
The following code fails to compile because the last line (@iter(v... John Abbott

09 Jan 2017

16:56 Bug #591: Problem with template instantiation and order of include directives

The problem persists with g++ 5.3.1. It must be C++ thing, some weird restriction about calling "global" fns from in... John Abbott