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From 03 Jan 2017 to 01 Feb 2017

21:49 Feature #1005: Makefile: install target for CoCoALib: I have added some lines to copy documentation and examples:
* @doc/CoCoALib.pdf@ is copied into @/usr/local/include... John Abbott
16:51 Feature #1005 (In Progress): Makefile: install target for CoCoALib: I have already written a first *@install@* target for CoCoALib (and a first attempt to use it required a system reins... John Abbott
16:43 Feature #1005 (Closed): Makefile: install target for CoCoALib: There should be an *@install@* target for CoCoALib.
John Abbott
21:44 Bug #1004: In scripts: use portable test for absolute paths: Anna reports that the modified script worked as desired on M$ plaform.
So I have changed the other scripts (which ne... John Abbott
14:18 Bug #1004 (In Progress): In scripts: use portable test for absolute paths: I have found a plausible solution on StackExchange (256434):
the following (Bourne) shell function was given as a so... John Abbott
14:10 Bug #1004 (Closed): In scripts: use portable test for absolute paths: Anna has just reported that some scripts give incorrect errors about paths not being absolute.
The problem probabl... John Abbott
14:07 Support #976: configure: auxiliary scripts should be consistent about error messages: I am happy with the format of the printed error messages. It remains to decide between @/dev/stderr@ and @/dev/stdou... John Abbott

07:55 Feature #1001: CoCoALib: ideas for student projects: Translate a cocoa-5 function from a package into CoCoALib.
* *@GCDList@* (@coclib.cpkg5@)
* *@FactorUnivariate@* ... Anna Maria Bigatti

15:20 Feature #931: GBasis verbose mode: I set verbosity level to 1965 then tried calling @ImplicitHypesurface@ with the option @ElimTH@, but no verbose messa... John Abbott
15:16 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags: At this point I do not see any purpose in keeping even the option to extract compilation flags from @gmp.h@, so I now... John Abbott

22:25 Bug #975: configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags: One thing which puzzles me is that CoCoALib compiles fine and all tests pass on my old MacBook even without *@-m64@* ... John Abbott
18:07 Bug #975 (Feedback): configure: possibly ignore GMP compilation flags: I have changed it on my machines, but cannot currently check in (because cannot make VPN connection).
John Abbott
18:01 Design #999 (Resolved): configuration: include -std=c++03 by default?: After thinking about having to compile+install CoCoA/CoCoALib on numerous recent Linux boxes for the upcoming CoCoALi... John Abbott

16:40 Feature #962: General verbose mode?: A quick grep suggests that we should check the use of *@clog@* in the following files:
* *@ApproxPts2.C@*
* *@OpenM... John Abbott
16:26 Design #983 (In Progress): Which ostream for verbose/obsolescent log mesgs?: I have just made a first impl of a simple way to choose the log stream. It comprises a hidden global variable (which... John Abbott
15:44 Feature #931 (In Progress): GBasis verbose mode: Which target version should we opt for?
I suggest postponing for a later release (unless you think that this is almo... John Abbott
15:16 Design #311 (Closed): XelMat, StdDegRevLexMat, ... should be MatrixView: I have done some cleaning in @MatrixForOrdering.C@, but more still really ought to be done.
After 3 months in feed... John Abbott
14:28 Feature #1001: CoCoALib: ideas for student projects: Here are some more (weaker?) ideas:
* a fn which produces the simplest non-neg integer matrix giving the same term o... John Abbott
14:26 Design #827 (Closed): NewPositiveMat also for matrices over QQ? Also NewIntegerOrdMat. (now called MakeTermOrd): It seems we have taken the approach of making a single function (*@MakeTermOrd@*) which is simplest for the user; lat... John Abbott
14:11 Design #999 (In Progress): configuration: include -std=c++03 by default?: I note that the compilation flag *@-std=c++03@* will cease to be relevant (and may even become "harmful") once we upd... John Abbott

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

18:01 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

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

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

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

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

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

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