CoCoA » CoCoALib

30 Oct 2022

20:30 Feature #1706 (New): slimgb: Brickenstein, singular

While tidying up I found a report about _Slimgb: Groebner bases with Slim Polynomials_ by Brickenstein.
After a ve... John Abbott

24 Oct 2022

15:18 Bug #1705 (In Progress): ProgressReporter: prepare for new loop?

A likely cause is that the frequency of proper time checks is too low (because of the very fast iters of the 1st loop... John Abbott

15:15 Bug #1705 (In Progress): ProgressReporter: prepare for new loop?

I have a program with 3 loops, and would like to have progress info about each loop.
The 1st loop is very fast; the ... John Abbott

21 Oct 2022

22:39 Design #1703 (In Progress): Threadsafety, multithreading: optional fn arg (or separate fn)

I have implemented threadsafe mem fns *@myAdd@* (equiv to *@op+=@*).
Now it is not so clear whether *@myTotal@* also... John Abbott

15:05 Design #1703: Threadsafety, multithreading: optional fn arg (or separate fn)

I have not (yet) checked what the penalty might be for using a threadsafe version in a multi-threaded
situation but ... John Abbott

15:02 Design #1703 (Resolved): Threadsafety, multithreading: optional fn arg (or separate fn)

Might it make sense to offer the caller the option of choosing
between a "threadsafe" call and one which is not?
... John Abbott

16:01 Design #1704 (New): Symlink directory for external files needed by CoCoA-5

Mimic @ExternalLibs/@ directory (Feature #573) for making symlinks to libraries needed only by CoCoA-5. Anna Maria Bigatti

18 Oct 2022

20:56 Feature #1702 (In Progress): Use C++ attributes

Since C++11 _attributes_ are available.
These can be used to suppress compiler warnings, or give hints about likelih... John Abbott

14 Oct 2022

20:12 Design #1699: Shell scripts: Shebang line, etc

On a more practical note, perhaps the following shebang line provides the behavior that you want (without warranty or... Ulrich von der Ohe

16:51 Slug #701 (Rejected): Makefile; limit dependencies on external libs

John Abbott wrote:
> doing this correctly would require considerable effort, and the likely benefit little and sel... Anna Maria Bigatti

11:37 Slug #701 (In Progress): Makefile; limit dependencies on external libs

My thinking is still aligned with comment 1:
doing this correctly would require considerable effort, and the likel... John Abbott

12:32 Support #1700: boost_1_80_0

I still have some warnings, but it compiles and works fine... Anna Maria Bigatti

11:45 Support #1700 (Resolved): boost_1_80_0

I wonder if there is a simple away to warn users of potential problems?
A similar problem could arise with any of ... John Abbott

10:18 Support #1700: boost_1_80_0

Problems with... Anna Maria Bigatti

10:16 Support #1700 (Closed): boost_1_80_0

Problems and solutions Anna Maria Bigatti

11:53 Design #933 (In Progress): Separate configure scripts for CoCoALib and CoCoA-5

The advantage of two separate @configure@ scripts is that they would be smaller (and more manageable?) than the one *... John Abbott

10:11 Design #933: Separate configure scripts for CoCoALib and CoCoA-5

Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> I'd rather not.
> First of all, it works as it is.
> Secondly, CoCoALib and CoCoA-5 ar... Anna Maria Bigatti

12 Oct 2022

19:07 Design #1699: Shell scripts: Shebang line, etc

I agree the CoCoA scripts should consistently use only one of the shebang options. I think either option has a potent... Ulrich von der Ohe

09:22 Design #1677: release-source script: use shell globbing?

John Abbott wrote:
> I'm convinced by the "preserve" flag change already made.
I agree
> I am unconvinced by s... Anna Maria Bigatti

11 Oct 2022

22:00 Design #1699 (In Progress): Shell scripts: Shebang line, etc

I have spent some time looking at comments on StackOverflow (or similar sites).
* *(A)* Advantages of *@/usr/bin/e... John Abbott

21:42 Design #1699 (In Progress): Shell scripts: Shebang line, etc

Ulrich recently provided a nice shell script for checking whether Qt5 is available (see #1393).
The script use a "... John Abbott

21:38 Design #1677: release-source script: use shell globbing?

Rediscovered this issue by chance...
I'm convinced by the "preserve" flag change already made.
I am unconvinced b... John Abbott

07 Oct 2022

15:25 Design #1693 (Closed): SizeInBase: obsolete

John Abbott

15:20 Feature #1676: txt2tags: include in source distribution?

6 months later I still think it is best *not* to distribute @txt2tags@ within our source tree.
I suggest closing thi... John Abbott

15:18 Bug #1662: txt2tags: problem with filenames containing "_" or "-"

2022-10-07: what is the status of this issue?
Are Ulrich's modifications already checked in?
Can the issue be cl... John Abbott

11:34 Feature #1667: GBasis over ZZ: port to CoCoALib

This student translated the code in CoCoA @prototype-GBZZ.cpkg5@ into cocoalib.
And also added some changed found in... Anna Maria Bigatti

11:18 Design #710: Update normaliz interface?

John Abbott wrote:
> The revised @normaliz@ interface aims to be backward compatible.
>
> JAA prefers the new nam... Anna Maria Bigatti

06 Oct 2022

20:48 Support #613 (Resolved): Which ubuntu / debian packages are needed to compile CoCoA

*2022-10-05* Here is what I think is now needed (on Ubuntu 22.04)... John Abbott