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3 Octave PROJECTS -*- text -*- |
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4 =============== |
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6 Check with bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu for a possibly more current |
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7 copy. Also, if you start working steadily on a project, please let |
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8 bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu know. We might have information that |
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9 could help you; we'd also like to send you the GNU coding standards. |
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11 This list is not exclusive -- there are many other things that might |
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12 be good projects, but it might instead be something we already have, |
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13 so check with bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu before you start. |
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15 --------- |
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16 Numerical: |
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17 --------- |
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18 |
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19 * Allow sum, prod, cumsum, and cumprod to take a second argument |
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20 that specifies the dimension over which to operate. |
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21 |
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22 * Merge control stuff. |
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23 |
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24 * Improve logm, and sqrtm. |
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25 |
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26 * Improve complex mapper functions. See W. Kahan, ``Branch Cuts for |
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27 Complex Elementary Functions, or Much Ado About Nothing's Sign |
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28 Bit'' (in The State of the Art in Numerical Analysis, eds. Iserles |
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29 and Powell, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987) for explicit |
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30 trigonometric formulae. |
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31 |
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32 * Make functions like gamma() return the right IEEE Inf or NaN |
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33 values for extreme args or other undefined cases. |
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34 |
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35 * Handle complex values in fread and fwrite. |
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36 |
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37 * Support for lp_solve for linear programming problems. |
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38 |
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39 * Free QP solver. |
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40 |
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41 * Free NLP solver. |
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42 |
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43 * Support for sparse matrices. |
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44 |
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45 * Fix CollocWt to handle Laguerre polynomials. Make it easy to |
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46 extend it to other polynomial types. |
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47 |
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49 |
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50 * Add optional arguments to colloc so that it's not restricted to |
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51 Legendre polynomials. |
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52 |
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53 * Fix eig to also be able to solve the generalized eigenvalue |
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54 problem, and to solve for eigenvalues and eigenvectors without |
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55 performing a balancing step first. |
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56 |
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57 * Move rand, eye, xpow, xdiv, etc., functions to the matrix classes. |
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58 |
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59 * Use octave_allocator for memory management in Array classes once |
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60 g++ supports static member templates. |
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61 |
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62 * Implement the following functions: |
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63 -- ppval -- cross -- dot |
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64 |
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65 * When constructing NLConst (and other) objects, make sure that |
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66 there are sufficient checks to ensure that the dimensions all |
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67 conform. |
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68 |
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69 * Allow parameters to be passed through the call to fsolve() to the |
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70 user-supplied function for Matlab compatibility. Don't place an |
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71 upper limit on the number of arguments. |
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72 |
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73 * Check matrix classes for proper handling of empty matrices. |
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74 |
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75 * Make operations with empty matrices produce empty matrices, for |
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76 compatibility with Matlab (but only if Matlab 5 still does things |
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77 this way). For example: [1, 2] * [] ==> []. |
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78 |
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79 * Should any ([]) return [] or 0? What about all ([])? |
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80 |
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81 * Improve design of ODE, DAE, classes. |
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82 |
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83 * Make it possible to specify a time which dassl and lsode should |
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84 not integrate past. |
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85 |
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86 * Add interface to daspk (new version of dassl). |
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87 |
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88 * Extend meaning of .* to include v .* M or M .* v (where v is a |
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89 column vector with the same number of rows as M) to scale rows of |
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90 M by elements of v. Similarly, if w is a row vector with as many |
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91 columns as M, then either w .* M or M .* w scales the columns of |
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92 M. |
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94 * Given two vectors x and y of length m and n, implement a function |
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95 outer (x, y, f) that returns an m-by-n matrix with entries |
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96 f (x(i), y(j)). If f is omitted, multiplication is the default. |
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97 Should probably work for any vectors, not just if x is a column |
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98 vector and y is a row vector. |
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100 * Make it possible to solve b = L \ x efficiently, either by |
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101 providing an explicit function call, or by automatically |
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102 determining that L is triangular. If it is done automatically, |
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103 provide some means for determining whether Octave has actually |
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104 detected that the matrix is triangular. |
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105 |
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106 * The polyfit function uses the economy QR factorization, but even |
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107 that can take a lot of time for large datasets. Consider an |
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108 option to compute the result with inv (A' * A) * A' * y or some |
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109 other faster method.d Possibly just switch to this method if the |
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110 dataset is larger than some value. |
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112 * Make QR more memory efficient for large matrices when not all the |
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113 columns of Q are required (apparently this is not handled by the |
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114 lapack code yet). |
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116 * Consider making the behavior of the / and \ operators for |
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117 non-square systems compatible with Matlab. Currently, they return |
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118 the minimum norm solution from DGELSS, which behaves differently. |
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121 Graphics: |
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122 -------- |
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123 |
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124 * Make plotting with plplot work. |
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125 |
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126 * Fix interface with gnuplot to wait for gnuplot to output any text |
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127 before octave returns a prompt. Possible by implementing two |
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128 way communication between gnuplot and Octave. |
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130 * Handle gnuplot ranges correctly for parametric modes (accept 3 |
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131 ranges for 2d plots and 5 ranges for 3d plots). |
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133 * Make gsave (and possibly gload) work. Implement gsave by having it |
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134 also alter the plot command to not use temporary files (perhaps |
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135 with some user-specified template for naming them) and then |
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136 sending a `save' command to gnuplot. |
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137 |
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138 * It would be nice to be able to check that a plot is currently |
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139 being displayed. |
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141 * Implement clf, gcf, get, set, orient, print, close, etc. in |
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142 Matlab-compatible ways. |
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144 * Make it possible to check the current graphics terminal type. |
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146 * If possible, pass data to gnuplot without using temporary files. |
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148 * If using temporary files, delete them when gnuplot exits. |
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149 |
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150 * If possible, pass binary data to gnuplot to speed things up. |
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152 * If using gnuplot, consider setting a smaller default for the |
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153 `zero' value (e.g., set zero sqrt (realmin) or something). |
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155 ------- |
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156 Strings: |
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157 ------- |
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158 |
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159 * Improve performance of string functions, particularly for |
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160 searching and replacing. |
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161 |
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162 * Provide some regex matching functions. |
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163 |
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164 * Convert string functions to work on string arrays. |
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165 |
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166 * Make find work for strings. |
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167 |
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168 * Consider making octave_print_internal() print some sort of text |
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169 representation for unprintable characters instead of sending them |
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170 directly to the terminal. (But don't do this for fprintf!) |
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171 |
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172 * Consider changing the default value of `string_fill_char' from SPC |
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173 to NUL. |
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174 |
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175 * Consider making ["test", []] ==> "test", for compatibility with |
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176 Matlab, at least when some set of preferences are set. |
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178 ---------------- |
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179 Other Data Types: |
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180 ---------------- |
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181 |
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182 * New types (char, short, etc.). |
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183 |
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184 * 3d matrix stuff. |
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185 |
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186 * Template functions for mixed-type ops. |
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187 |
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188 * Stuff for arithmetic using charMatrix, intMatrix, etc. |
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189 |
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190 ------------------------ |
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191 Graphical User Interface: |
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192 ------------------------ |
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193 |
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194 * In an X11 or other windowing environment, allow the user to pop up |
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195 windows for menus and other purposes. A good place to start might |
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196 be Tk, as long as Tcl is avoided. |
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197 |
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198 * Add a way to handle events, like alarms, mouse clicks, etc. |
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199 |
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200 ------------ |
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201 Input/Output: |
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202 ------------ |
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203 |
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204 * Make fread and fwrite work for complex data. Iostreams based |
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205 versions of these functions would also be nice, and if you are |
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206 working on them, it would be good to support other size |
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207 specifications (integer*2, etc.). |
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208 |
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209 * Make load and save work for structures. |
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210 |
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211 * Make load and save look for <file>.mat if only given <file>. |
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212 |
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213 Potential sticky points: |
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214 |
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215 - For load, if both foo and foo.mat exist, should it prefer foo |
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216 or foo.mat? Should the preference depend on the arguments to |
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217 load? I think it should only prefer .mat files if the |
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218 -mat-binary option is supplied, or if the file foo.mat exists |
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219 but the file foo does not. |
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220 |
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221 - For save, should it prefer to create foo or foo.mat? Should |
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222 the preference depend on the arguments to save? Should the |
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223 default_save_format imply a default preference? I think it |
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224 should only create .mat files if it is writing Matlab |
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225 compatible files. |
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226 |
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227 * Move some pr-output stuff to liboctave. |
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228 |
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229 * Make the cutoff point for changing to packed storage a |
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230 user-preference variable with default value 8192. |
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231 |
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232 * Make it possible to load other image formats (ppm, pbm, etc. would |
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233 probably be best since there are already filters to convert to |
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234 these formats from others.) |
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236 * Make ascii load and save work for Inf and NaN. (This is really a |
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237 problem with the functions for reading floats in the GNU iolib.) |
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238 |
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239 * Complain if there is not enough disk space available (I think |
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240 there is simply not enough error checking in the code that handles |
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241 writing data). |
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242 |
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243 * Make it possible to tie arbitrary input and output streams |
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244 together, similar to the way iostreams can be tied together. |
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249 Interpreter: |
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251 |
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252 * Allow customization of the debug prompt. |
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253 |
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254 * For the keyboard function, parse return (or quit) more |
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255 intelligently so that something like |
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256 |
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257 debug> x = 1; return |
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258 |
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259 will work as expected. |
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260 |
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262 |
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263 function foo () |
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264 implicit_str_to_num_ok = 1; |
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265 '#' + 0; |
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266 endfunction |
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267 |
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268 succeeds, even when implicit_str_to_num_ok is 0 at the time the |
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269 function is parsed. |
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272 |
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273 if (expr) 'this is a string' end |
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274 |
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275 is parsed as IF expr STRING END. |
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277 * For indexing operations, allow `$' to indicate the last element. |
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278 For example, b = a (3:$, 1:$-1). This means b is a, except for |
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279 its first 2 rows and last column. Note that `$' must be able to |
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280 appear in arbitrarily complex expressions, so copying the the |
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281 current implementation of `:' won't work. |
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282 |
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283 * If foo.oct and foo.m both exist in the LOADPATH, Octave will |
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284 always find foo.oct, even if foo.m appears earlier in the list of |
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285 directories. This should be fixed (in the kpathsearch library) to |
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286 find the first .oct or .m file in the path, and only prefer .oct |
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287 over .m if both files are in the same directory. |
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288 |
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289 * Consider grouping all preference variables in a structure instead |
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290 of further polluting the namespace. Maybe `Octave_options.xxx'? |
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291 |
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292 * Rewrite functions in input.cc to do the right thing in all cases |
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293 of using readline, forced interactive behavior, echoing of input, |
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294 etc. |
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295 |
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296 * Make it possible to redefine built-in variables and functions. |
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297 (Fix whatever it is that is happening with clear for built-in |
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298 variables.) |
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299 |
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300 * Consider making linspace() and logspace() return the value |
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301 corresponding to the first argument if the number of requested |
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302 points is 1. |
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303 |
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304 * Consider allowing an arbitrary property list to be attached to any |
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305 variable. This could be a more general way to handle the help |
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306 string that can currently be added with `document'. |
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307 |
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308 * Allow more command line options to be accessible as built-in |
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309 variables (--echo-commands, etc.). |
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310 |
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311 * Allow `octave -c STRING' to execute commands from STRING then |
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312 exit. |
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313 |
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314 * Make the interpreter run faster. |
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315 |
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316 * Make it possible to disable or enable all warnings on an |
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317 individual basis from the command line or via some built-in |
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318 structure variable. |
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319 |
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320 * Make warnings also give some indication about the location of the |
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321 code that triggers the warning. |
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322 |
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323 * Warn about complex comparisons? Could just use double_value() or |
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324 matrix_value() instead of explicit conversions to real types. For |
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325 this to really be useful, some additional information must be |
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326 available to point to the location of the code that triggers the |
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327 warning. |
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328 |
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329 * Consider making it possible to have arrays of structures, and some |
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330 way of indexing them. |
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331 |
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332 * Allow arbitrary lower bounds for array indexing. (Watch out for |
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333 the additional conflict with zero-one style indexing.) |
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334 |
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335 * Recursive problems. |
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336 |
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337 * Improve the way ignore_function_time_stamp works to allow |
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338 selecting by individual directories or functions. |
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339 |
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340 * Make it possible to ask exist() to only look for certain classes |
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341 of variables, functions, files, etc. rather than always looking for |
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342 everything. |
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343 |
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344 * Add a command-line option to tell Octave to just do syntax |
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345 checking and not execute statements. |
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346 |
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347 * Is it necessary for do_binary_op and do_unary_op to be friends of |
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348 the tree_constant class. |
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349 |
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350 * Clean up symtab and variable stuff. |
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351 |
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352 * Input stream class for parser files -- must manage buffers for |
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353 flex and context for global variable settings. |
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354 |
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355 * make parser do more semantic checking, continue after errors when |
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356 compiling functions, etc. |
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357 |
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358 * Make LEXICAL_ERROR have a value that is the error message for |
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359 parse_error() to print? |
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360 |
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361 * Add a run-time alias mechanism that would allow things like |
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362 |
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363 alias fun function_with_a_very_long_name |
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364 |
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365 so that `function_with_a_very_long_name' could be invoked as |
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366 `fun'. |
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367 |
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368 * What should is_global() return when called for built-in variables? |
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369 |
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370 * Allow local changes to variables to be written more compactly than |
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371 is currently possible with unwind_protect. For example, |
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372 |
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373 function f () |
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374 local prefer_column_vectors = something; |
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375 ... |
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376 endfunction |
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377 |
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378 would be equivalent to |
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379 |
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380 function f () |
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381 save_prefer_column_vectors = prefer_column_vectors; |
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382 unwind_protect |
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383 prefer_column_vectors = something; |
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384 ... |
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385 unwind_protect_cleanup |
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386 prefer_column_vectors = save_prefer_column_vectors; |
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387 end_unwind_protect |
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388 endfunction |
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389 |
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390 * Fix all function files to check for bogus inputs (wrong number or |
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391 types of input arguments, wrong number of output arguments). |
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392 |
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394 lists. |
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395 |
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397 |
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398 * Too much time is spent allocating and freeing memory. What can be |
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399 done to improve performance? |
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400 |
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401 * Error output from Fortran code is ugly. Something should be done to |
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402 make it look better. |
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403 |
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404 * It would be nice if output from the Fortran routines could be |
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405 passed through the pager. |
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406 |
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407 * Attempt to recognize common subexpressions in the parser. |
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408 |
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409 * Handle arrays with more than two dimensions. |
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410 |
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411 * Consider making assignment statements like |
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412 |
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413 M (i_idx, j_idx) = RHS |
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414 |
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415 produce the value of RHS instead of the value of M. |
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416 |
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417 * Consider making it possible to specify an empty matrix with a |
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418 syntax like [](e1, e2). Of course at least one of the expressions |
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419 must be zero... |
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420 |
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421 * Eliminate force_numeric and make_numeric functions. |
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422 |
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423 * Is Matrix::fortran_vec() really necessary? |
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425 * print_usage() should set error_state in most cases? |
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426 |
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427 * Make statements like this |
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428 |
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429 foo bar baz |
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430 |
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431 turn into function calls like this: |
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432 |
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433 foo ("bar", "baz") |
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434 |
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435 This is pretty ugly and introduces some conflicts, so I don't |
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436 think it is a good idea. |
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438 * Add a command that works like bash's `builtin' command. |
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439 |
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440 * Handle end-of-line comments correctly in parse trees for use with |
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441 the type command. |
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443 * Clean up eye, eval, feval, keyboard, input, ones, zeros. |
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444 |
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445 * It would be nice to have an interactive debugger. |
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446 |
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447 * Make whos report total memory used by variables (and functions?). |
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448 |
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449 * Rewrite whos and the symbol_record_info class. Write a built-in |
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450 function that gives all the basic information, then write who and |
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451 whos as M-files. |
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452 |
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454 |
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455 prot type rows cols name |
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456 ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== |
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457 wd matrix m n struct.x |
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458 |
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461 * On systems that support matherr(), make it possible for users to |
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462 enable the printing of warning messages. |
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463 |
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464 * Make it possible to mark variables and functions as read-only. |
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465 |
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466 * Provide a built-in function for applying a scalar function to an |
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467 array. Be sure to note in the manual that this is not the |
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468 preferred way to write a function that can handle vector/matrix |
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469 arguments because there is a significant overhead for function |
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470 calls. If you are really looking to make a function work for |
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471 vector/matrix arguments and you want it to run fast, you should |
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472 write it in terms of the existing vector/matrix operators as much |
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473 as possible. |
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474 |
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475 * Make it possible to write a function that gets a reference to a |
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476 matrix in memory and change one or more elements without |
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477 generating a second copy of the data. |
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478 |
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479 ------- |
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480 History: |
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481 ------- |
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482 |
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483 * Add an option to allow saving input from script files in the |
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484 history list. |
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485 |
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486 * The history command should accept two numeric arguments to |
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487 indicate a range of history entries to display, save or read. |
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488 |
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489 * Add an option to include information about the Octave session in |
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490 the history list. Possibly a time/date stamp and the current |
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491 Octave line number, appended as a comment (users should probably |
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492 be able to control the format). |
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493 |
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494 * Fix history problems -- core dump if multiple processes are |
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495 writing to the same history file? |
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496 |
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497 ------------------------------ |
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498 Configuration and Installation: |
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499 ------------------------------ |
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500 |
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501 * Make Octave as independent of the particular readline version as |
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502 possible. |
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503 |
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504 * Add an --enable-pathsearch option to configure to make it possible |
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505 to configure and run without kpathsea. |
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506 |
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507 * Make configure take more defaults from the environment. It should |
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508 definitely pay attention to CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, FFLAGS, etc. |
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510 * Should --enable-lite-kernel imply --enable-shared? |
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511 |
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512 * Should --enable-dl imply --enable-shared? |
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513 |
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514 * Makefile changes: |
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515 -- eliminate for loops |
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516 -- define shell commands or eliminate them |
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517 -- verify distclean |
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518 -- consolidate targets |
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519 |
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520 * Make it possible to configure so that installed binaries and |
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521 shared libraries are stripped. |
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522 |
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523 * Create a docs-only distribution? |
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524 |
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525 ------------------------------ |
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526 Documentation and On-Line Help: |
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527 ------------------------------ |
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528 |
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529 * Document new features. |
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530 -- history-search-{back,for}ward. |
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531 -- try/catch. |
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532 -- Other stuff mentioned in the NEWS file. |
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533 |
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534 * Improve the Texinfo Documentation for the interpreter. It would |
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535 be useful to have lots more examples, to not have so many forward |
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536 references, and to not have very many simple lists of functions. |
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537 |
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538 * The docs should mention something about efficiency and that using |
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539 array operations is almost always a good idea for speed. |
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540 |
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541 * Texinfo documentation for the C++ classes. |
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542 |
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543 * Support multiple info files, perhaps allowing one or more in each |
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544 directory in the LOADPATH, so that local collections of M-files |
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545 could be documented with Info. |
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546 |
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547 * Figure out a good way to have functions and variables documented |
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548 in only one place. |
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549 |
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550 * Improve help messages for operators and keywords in help.cc. |
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551 |
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552 * Make index entries more consistent to improve behavior of `help -i'. |
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553 |
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554 * Make `help -i' try to find a whole word match first. |
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555 |
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556 * Allow help for local additions to be accessible with help -i. |
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557 |
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558 * Make the arrow keys work in the info reader. |
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559 |
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560 * Update Info to be based on the current Texinfo release. |
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561 |
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562 * Should info/terminal.c include definitions for PC, BC, UP, and |
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563 ospeed on all systems? |
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564 |
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565 * Clean up help stuff. |
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566 |
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567 * Demo files. |
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568 |
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569 * As the number of m-files with octave grows perhaps a 'Contents.m' |
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570 file for each toolbox (directory) would be appropriate so one |
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571 knows exactly what functions are in a toolbox with a quick look. |
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572 It would be best to generate information for each function directly |
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573 from the M-files, so that the information doesn't have to be |
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574 duplicated, and will remain current if the M-files change. It |
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575 would also be best to do as much of this as possible in an M-file, |
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576 though I wouldn't mind adding some basic support for listing the |
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577 names of all the directories in the LOADPATH, and the names of all |
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578 the M-files in a given directory if that is needed. |
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579 |
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580 Also make it possible to recursively search for Contents files: |
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581 |
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582 help dir -- Contents from dir |
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583 help dir// -- Contents from dir and all its subdirectories |
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584 help dir1/dir2 -- Contents from dir2 which is under dir1 |
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585 |
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586 * Some sort of blurb (2-3 pages) describing Octave in a reasonably |
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587 coherent way, where to get it etc., perhaps formatted pretty, |
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588 i.e. not just text. Maybe start with the latest Announce file. |
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589 |
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590 ----- |
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591 Tests: |
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592 ----- |
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593 |
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594 * Improved set of tests: |
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595 |
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596 -- Tests for various functions. Would be nice to have a test file |
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597 corresponding to every function. |
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598 |
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599 -- Tests for element by element operators: |
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600 + - .* ./ .\ .^ | & < <= == >= > != ! |
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601 |
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602 -- Tests for boolean operators: && || |
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603 |
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604 -- Tests for other operators: * / \ ' .' |
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605 |
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606 -- Tests from bug reports. |
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607 |
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608 -- Tests for indexed assignment. Need to consider the following: |
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609 o fortran-style indexing |
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610 o zero-one indexing |
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611 o assignment of empty matrix as well as values |
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612 o resizing |
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613 |
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614 * Tests for all internal functions. |
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615 |
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616 ----------- |
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617 Programming: |
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618 ----------- |
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619 |
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620 * Move toward using more stuff from standard C++ library. |
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621 |
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622 * More C++/Fortran cleanups. |
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623 |
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624 * It is likely that there are still some memory leaks. Hunt then down |
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625 and plug them. |
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626 |
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627 * Better error messages for missing operators? |
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628 |
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629 * Eliminate duplicate enums in pt-exp.cc, pt-const.cc, and ov.cc. |
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630 |
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631 * Handle octave_print_internal() stuff at the liboctave level. Then |
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632 the octave_value classes could just call on the print() methods |
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633 for the underlying classes. |
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634 |
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635 * As much as possible, eliminate explicit checks for the types of |
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636 octave_value objects so that user-defined types will automatically |
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637 do the right thing in more cases. |
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638 |
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639 * Only include config.h in files that actually need it, instead of |
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640 including it in every .cc file. Unfortunately, this might not be |
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641 so easy to figure out. |
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642 |
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643 * GNU coding standards: |
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644 |
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645 -- Add a `Makefile' target to the Makefiles. |
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646 -- Comments on #else and #endif preprocessor commands. |
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647 -- Change error message format to match standards everywhere. |
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648 |
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649 * Use STL stuff instead of libg++ lists, maps, and stacks. |
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650 |
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651 * Eliminate more global variables. |
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652 |
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653 * Encapsulate readline in a class. Include interface to stuff like |
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654 blink_matching_paren. |
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655 |
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656 * Encapsulate resource stuff in a class. |
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657 |
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658 * Move procstream to liboctave. |
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659 |
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660 * Replace more C-style vectors with Array<T> stuff. |
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661 |
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662 * Use references and classes in more places. |
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663 |
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664 * Share more code among the various *_options functions. |
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665 |
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666 ------------- |
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667 Miscellaneous: |
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668 ------------- |
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669 |
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670 * Implement some functions for interprocess communication: bind, |
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671 accept, connect, gethostbyname, etc. |
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672 |
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673 * The installation process should also install octave.el. This |
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674 needs to detect the appropriate Emacs binary to use to |
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675 byte-compile the .el file. Following GNU Emacs philosophy, |
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676 installation would be into $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp by |
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677 default, but it should be selectable. |
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678 |
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679 * The ability to transparently handle very large files: |
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680 |
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681 Juhana K Kouhia <kouhia@nic.funet.fi> wrote: |
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682 |
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683 If I have a one-dimensional signal data with the size 400 |
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684 Mbytes, then what are my choices to operate with it: |
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685 |
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686 * I have to split the data |
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687 * Octave has a virtual memory on its own and I don't have to |
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688 worry about the splitting. |
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689 |
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690 If I split the data, then my easily programmed processing |
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691 programs will become hard to program. |
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692 |
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693 If possible, I would like to have the virtual memory system in |
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694 Octave i.e. the all big files, the user see as one big array or |
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695 such. There could be several user selectable models to do the |
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696 virtual memory depending on what kind of data the user have (1d, |
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697 2d) and in what order they are processed (stream or random |
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698 access). |
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699 |
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700 Perhaps this can be done entirely with a library of M-files. |
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701 |
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702 * An interface to gdb. |
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703 |
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704 Michael Smolsky <fnsiguc@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il> wrote: |
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705 |
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706 I was thinking about a tool, which could be very useful for me |
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707 in my numerical simulation work. It is an interconnection |
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708 between gdb and octave. We are often managing very large arrays |
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709 of data in our fortran or c codes, which might be studied with |
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710 the help of octave at the algorithm development stages. Assume |
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711 you're coding, say, wave equation. And want to debug the |
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712 code. It would be great to pick some array from the memory of |
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713 the code you're develloping, fft it and see the image as a |
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714 log-log plot of the spectral density. I'm facing similar |
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715 problems now. To avoid high c-development cost, I develop in |
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716 matlab/octave, and then rewrite into c. It might be so much |
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717 easier, if I could off-load a c array right from the debugger |
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718 into octave, study it, and, perhaps, change some [many] values |
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719 with a convenient matlab/octave syntax, similar to |
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720 a(:,50:250)=zeros(100,200), and then store it back into the |
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721 memory of my c code. |
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722 |
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723 * Add a definition to lgrind so that it supports Octave. |
|
|
724 (See http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/lgrind/ for more |
|
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725 information about lgrind.) |
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726 |
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727 ------ |
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728 Always: |
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729 ------ |
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730 |
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731 * Squash bugs. |
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732 |
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733 --30-- |
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