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12 Nov 2022

14:23 Feature #1360: configure script: add flags for "only cocoalib" or "both cocoalib and cocoa5" (for boost)

The BOOST "find" script does not give error if more than 1 installed version is found;
instead is simply picks one (... John Abbott

14:21 Feature #1360: configure script: add flags for "only cocoalib" or "both cocoalib and cocoa5" (for boost)

I have revised the @configure@ options, and several auxiliary scripts (after feedback/suggestions from Anna & Ulrich... John Abbott

13:58 Feature #1360: configure script: add flags for "only cocoalib" or "both cocoalib and cocoa5" (for boost)

I think I have progress here with helpful testing & feedback from Ulrich.
It is quite a nightmare trying to make p... John Abbott

13:55 Bug #1600: Detect updated versions of external libs

Is this a duplicate of issue #1700?
John Abbott

13:53 Support #1700: boost_1_80_0

On my MacBook I get over 100000 (one hundred thousand) lines of warnings when compiling.
I think there is some mild ... John Abbott

04 Nov 2022

14:31 Feature #1676 (Rejected): txt2tags: include in source distribution?

We should probably distribute source code with precompiled doc so no one actually needs @txt2tags@.
John Abbott

13:45 Bug #1705: ProgressReporter: prepare for new loop?

I have revised the impl -- it now works better.
Much of this code is quite similar to @CpuTimeLimit@.
The commo... John Abbott

03 Nov 2022

14:31 Bug #1705: ProgressReporter: prepare for new loop?

John Abbott wrote:
> A likely cause is that the frequency of proper time checks is too low (because of the very fast... Anna Maria Bigatti

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