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1 Octave PROJECTS -*- text -*-
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2 ===============
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3
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4 Check with bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu for a possibly more current
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5 copy. Also, if you start working steadily on a project, please let
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6 bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu know. We might have information that
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7 could help you; we'd also like to send you the GNU coding standards.
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9 This list is not exclusive -- there are many other things that might
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10 be good projects, but it might instead be something we already have,
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11 so check with bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu before you start.
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13 ---------
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14 Numerical:
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15 ---------
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16
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17 * Merge control stuff.
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18
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19 * Improve logm, and sqrtm.
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21 * Improve complex mapper functions.
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23 * Make functions like gamma() return the right IEEE Inf or NaN
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24 values for extreme args or other undefined cases.
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26 * Handle complex values in fread and fwrite.
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28 * Support for lp_solve for linear programming problems.
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30 * Free QP solver.
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31
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32 * Free NLP solver.
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33
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34 * Support for sparse matrices.
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35
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36 * Fix CollocWt to handle Laguerre polynomials. Make it easy to
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37 extend it to other polynomial types.
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38
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39 * Add optional arguments to colloc so that it's not restricted to
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40 Legendre polynomials.
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41
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42 * Fix eig to also be able to solve the generalized eigenvalue
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43 problem, and to solve for eigenvalues and eigenvectors without
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44 performing a balancing step first.
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45
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46 * Move rand, eye, xpow, xdiv, etc., functions to the matrix classes.
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47
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48 * Implement the following functions:
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49 -- ppval -- cross -- dot
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50
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51 * Allow user-supplied gradient information to be passed to NPSOL.
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52
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53 * Support for FSQP.
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55 * Convert FSQP style NLP statement to NPSOL style.
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57 * Convert NPSOL style NLP statement to FSQP style.
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58 - Look for linear equality constraints, extract corresponding rows
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59 of C. The rest are inequality constraints.
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60 - Look for Nonlinear equality constraints and set up a vector of
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61 pointers for shuffling.
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62 - Transform lb <= C*x <= ub, lb != ub, to C*x - ub <= 0 and
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63 lb - C*x <= 0. Likewise for lb <= g(x) <= ub.
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64 - Call FSQP.
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65
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66 * Optional inputs for fsqp.
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68 * Allow parameters to be passed through the call to fsolve() to the
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69 user-supplied function for Matlab compatibility. Don't place an
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70 upper limit on the number of arguments.
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72 * If possible, make economy QR factorization actually take advantage
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73 of the form of the result instead of just dropping columns.
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74 Lapack doesn't appear to do this yet.
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76 * Check matrix classes for proper handling of empty matrices.
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78 * Improve design of ODE, DAE, classes.
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80 * Make it possible to specify a time which dassl and lsode should
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81 not integrate past.
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83 * Extend meaning of .* to include v .* M or M .* v (where v is a
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84 column vector with the same number of rows as M) to scale rows of
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85 M by elements of v. Similarly, if w is a row vector with as many
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86 columns as M, then either w .* M or M .* w scales the columns of
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87 M.
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88
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89 --------
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90 Graphics:
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91 --------
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92
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93 * Make plotting with plplot work.
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94
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95 * Fix interface with gnuplot to wait for gnuplot to output any text
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96 before octave returns a prompt. Possible by implementing two
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97 way communication between gnuplot and Octave.
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98
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99 * Make gsave (and possibly gload) work. Implement gsave by having it
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100 also alter the plot command to not use temporary files (perhaps
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101 with some user-specified template for naming them) and then
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102 sending a `save' command to gnuplot.
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103
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104 * It would be nice to be able to check that a plot is currently
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105 being displayed.
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107 * Implement clf, gcf, get, set, orient, print, close, etc. in
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108 Matlab-compatible ways.
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110 * Make it possible to check the current graphics terminal type.
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112 -------
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113 Strings:
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114 -------
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115
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116 * Convert string functions to work on string arrays.
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118 * Make find work for strings.
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120 * Consider making octave_print_internal() print some sort of text
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121 representation for unprintable characters instead of sending them
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122 directly to the terminal. (But don't do this for fprintf!)
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124 * Consider changing the default value of `string_fill_char' from SPC
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125 to NUL.
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127 ----------------
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128 Other Data Types:
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129 ----------------
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130
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131 * New types (char, short, etc.).
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132
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133 * 3d matrix stuff.
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134
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135 * Template functions for mixed-type ops.
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137 * Stuff for arithmetic using charMatrix, intMatrix, etc.
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139 ------------------------
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140 Graphical User Interface:
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142
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143 * In an X11 or other windowing environment, allow the user to pop up
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144 windows for menus and other purposes. A good place to start might
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145 be Tk, as long as Tcl is avoided.
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147 * Add a way to handle events, like alarms, mouse clicks, etc.
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149 ------------
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150 Input/Output:
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151 ------------
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153 * Make fread and fwrite work for complex data. Iostreams based
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154 versions of these functions would also be nice, and if you are
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155 working on them, it would be good to support other size
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156 specifications (integer*2, etc.).
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158 * Make load work to read files that contain numbers only, and put
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159 the values in a matrix named after the file.
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161 * Make load and save work for structures.
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163 * Make load and save look for <file>.mat if only given <file>.
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173 probably be best since there are already filters to convert to
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174 these formats from others.)
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178 * Make ascii load and save work for Inf and NaN.
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180 * Complain if there is not enough disk space available (I think
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181 there is simply not enough error checking in the code that handles
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182 writing data).
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183
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184 * Make it possible to tie arbitrary input and output streams
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185 together, similar to the way iostreams can be tied together.
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186
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187 -----------
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188 Interpreter:
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189 -----------
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190
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191 * Consider grouping all preference variables in a structure instead
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192 of further polluting the namespace. Maybe `Octave_options.xxx'?
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193
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194 * Rewrite functions in input.cc to do the right thing in all cases
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195 of using readline, forced interactive behavior, echoing of input,
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196 etc.
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197
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198 * Make it possible to redefine built-in variables and functions.
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199 (Fix whatever it is that is happening with clear for built-in
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200 variables.)
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201
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202 * Make it possible to check if a variable is complex.
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204 * Consider making linspace() and logspace() return the value
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205 corresponding to the first argument if the number of requested
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206 points is 1.
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207
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208 * Make it possible to get the names of the arguments that are passed
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209 to functions, at least if simple variables are passed.
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211 * Fix name of text-style functions (or at least explain it in the
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212 manual).
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213
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214 * Consider allowing an arbitrary property list to be attached to any
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215 variable. This could be a more general way to handle the help
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216 string that can currently be added with `document'.
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217
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218 * Allow more command line options to be accessible as built-in
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219 variables (--echo-commands, etc.).
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220
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221 * Allow `octave -c STRING' to execute commands from STRING then
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222 exit.
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224 * Handle DOS style CRLFs in M files. This should probably be
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225 optional.
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226
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227 * Make the interpreter run faster.
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228
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229 * Make it possible to disable or enable all warnings on an
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230 individual basis from the command line or via some built-in
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231 structure variable.
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233 * Warn about complex comparisons? Could just use double_value() or
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234 matrix_value() instead of explicit conversions to real types.
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236 * Make warnings also give some indication about the location of the
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237 code that triggers the warning.
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239 * Warn about complex comparisons? Could just use double_value() or
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240 matrix_value() instead of explicit conversions to real types. For
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241 this to really be useful, some additional information must be
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242 available to point to the location of the code that triggers the
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243 warning.
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245 * Consider making it possible to have arrays of structures, and some
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246 way of indexing them.
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247
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248 * Allow arbitrary lower bounds for array indexing. (Watch out for
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249 the additional conflict with zero-one style indexing.)
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251 * Recursive problems.
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252
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253 * Improve the way ignore_function_time_stamp works to allow
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254 selecting by individual directories or functions. Also,
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255 optionally allow checking only once between each prompt instead of
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256 every time the function is called.
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258 * Make it possible to ask exist() to only look for certain classes
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259 of variables, functions, files, etc. rather than always looking for
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260 everything.
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261
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262 * Add a command-line option to tell Octave to just do syntax
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263 checking and not execute statements.
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264
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265 * Is it necessary for do_binary_op and do_unary_op to be friends of
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266 the tree_constant class.
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267
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268 * Clean up symtab and variable stuff.
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270 * Input stream class for parser files -- must manage buffers for
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271 flex and context for global variable settings.
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273 * Make LEXICAL_ERROR have a value that is the error message for
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274 parse_error() to print?
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276 * Make it possible to clear dynamically loaded functions.
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280 alias fun function_with_a_very_long_name
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282 so that `function_with_a_very_long_name' could be invoked as
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283 `fun'.
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285 * What should is_global() return when called for built-in variables?
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287 * Make it possible to have `static' variables inside functions that
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288 retain their values across calls.
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290 * Allow local changes to variables to be written more compactly than
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293 function f ()
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294 local prefer_column_vectors = something;
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295 ...
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296 endfunction
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297
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300 function f ()
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301 unwind_protect
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302 save_prefer_column_vectors = prefer_column_vectors;
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303 prefer_column_vectors = something;
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304 ...
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305 unwind_protect_cleanup
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306 prefer_column_vectors = save_prefer_column_vectors;
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307 end_unwind_protect
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308 endfunction
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310 * Fix all function files to check for bogus inputs (wrong number or
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311 types of input arguments, wrong number of output arguments).
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313 * Handle options for built-in functions more consistently.
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315 * Too much time is spent allocating and freeing memory. What can be
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316 done to improve performance?
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318 * Error output from Fortran code is ugly. Something should be done to
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319 make it look better.
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320
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321 * It would be nice if output from the Fortran routines could be
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322 passed through the pager.
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324 * Attempt to recognize common subexpressions in the parser.
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326 * Remove the buffer size limit in octave_read() in input.cc.
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328 * Handle arrays with more than two dimensions.
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332 M (i_idx, j_idx) = RHS
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333
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334 produce the value of RHS instead of the value of M.
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335
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336 * Consider making it possible to specify an empty matrix with a
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337 syntax like [](e1, e2). Of course at least one of the expressions
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338 must be zero...
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339
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340 * Eliminate force_numeric and make_numeric functions.
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341
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342 * Is Matrix::fortran_vec() really necessary?
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343
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344 * print_usage() should set error_state in most cases?
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345
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346 * Add an option to make Octave quit executing a script when error() is
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347 called. Also make it possible for `return' or `break' to exit a
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348 script.
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349
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350 * Make statements like this
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351
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352 foo bar baz
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353
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354 turn into function calls like this:
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355
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356 foo ("bar", "baz")
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357
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358 This is pretty ugly and introduces some conflicts.
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359
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360 * Make it possible to use text-style function names as variables.
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361
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362 * Add a command that works like bash's `builtin' command.
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363
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364 * Handle comments in parse trees for use with the type command.
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365
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366 * Make the type command handle script files too, by just reading and
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367 printing them.
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368
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369 * Clean up eye, eval, feval, keyboard, input, ones, zeros.
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370
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371 * It would be nice to have an interactive debugger.
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372
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373 * Make whos report total memory used by variables (and functions?).
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375 * Rewrite whos and the symbol_record_info class.
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376
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377 -------
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378 History:
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379 -------
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380
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381 * Add an option to allow saving input from script files in the
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382 history list.
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383
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384 * Fix history problems -- core dump if multiple processes are
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385 writing to the same history file?
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386
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387 ------------------------------
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388 Configuration and Installation:
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389 ------------------------------
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390
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391 * Handle USE_READLINE.
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392
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393 * Make Octave as independent of the particular readline version as
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394 possible.
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395
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396 * Make configure take more defaults from the environment.
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397
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398 * Should --enable-lite-kernel imply --enable-shared?
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399
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400 * Make it possible to configure without readline.
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401
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402 * Make it possible to configure without kpathsea.
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403
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404 * Makefile changes:
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405 -- eliminate for loops
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406 -- define shell commands or eliminate them
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407 -- verify distclean
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408 -- consolidate targets
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409
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410 * Make it possible to configure so that installed binaries and
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411 shared libraries are stripped.
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412
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413 * Make installation of the static libraries optional.
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414
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415 ------------------------------
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416 Documentation and On-Line Help:
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417 ------------------------------
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418
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419 * Document new features.
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420 -- history-search-{back,for}ward.
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421 -- try/catch.
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422 -- Other stuff mentioned in the NEWS file.
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423
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424 * Improve the Texinfo Documentation for the interpreter. It would
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425 be useful to have lots more examples, to not have so many forward
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426 references, and to not have very many simple lists of functions.
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427
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428 * The docs should mention something about efficiency and that using
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429 array operations is almost always a good idea for speed.
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430
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431 * Texinfo documentation for the C++ classes.
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432
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433 * Support multiple info files, perhaps allowing one or more in each
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434 directory in the LOADPATH, so that local collections of M-files
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435 could be documented with Info.
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436
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437 * Figure out a good way to have functions and variables documented
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438 in only one place.
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439
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440 * Improve help messages for operators and keywords in help.cc.
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441
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442 * Make index entries more consistent to improve behavior of `help -i'.
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443
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444 * Make `help -i' try to find a whole word match first.
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445
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446 * Allow help for local additions to be accessible with help -i.
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447
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448 * Make the arrow keys work in the info reader.
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449
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450 * Update Info to be based on the current Texinfo release.
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452 * Should info/terminal.c include definitions for PC, BC, UP, and
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453 ospeed on all systems?
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455 * Clean up help stuff.
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456
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457 * Demo files.
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458
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459 * As the number of m-files with octave grows perhaps a 'Contents.m'
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460 file for each toolbox (directory) would be appropriate so one
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461 knows exactly what functions are in a toolbox with a quick look.
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462 It would be best to generate information for each function directly
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463 from the M-files, so that the information doesn't have to be
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464 duplicated, and will remain current if the M-files change. It
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465 would also be best to do as much of this as possible in an M-file,
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466 though I wouldn't mind adding some basic support for listing the
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467 names of all the directories in the LOADPATH, and the names of all
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468 the M-files in a given directory if that is needed.
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469
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470 * Some sort of blurb (2-3 pages) describing Octave in a reasonably
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471 coherent way, where to get it etc., perhaps formatted pretty,
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472 i.e. not just text. Maybe start with the latest Announce file.
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473
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474 -----
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475 Tests:
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476 -----
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477
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478 * Improved set of tests:
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479
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480 -- Tests for various functions. Would be nice to have a test file
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481 corresponding to every function.
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482
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483 -- Tests for element by element operators:
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484 + - .* ./ .\ .^ | & < <= == >= > != !
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485
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486 -- Tests for boolean operators: && ||
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487
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488 -- Tests for other operators: * / \ ' .'
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489
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490 -- Tests from bug reports.
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491
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492 -- Tests for indexed assignment. Need to consider the following:
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493 o fortran-style indexing
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494 o zero-one indexing
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495 o assignment of empty matrix as well as values
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496 o resizing
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497
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498 * Tests for all internal functions.
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500 -----------
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501 Programming:
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502 -----------
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503
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504 * Move toward using more stuff from standard C++ library.
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505
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506 * More C++/Fortran cleanups.
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507
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508 * It is likely that there are still some memory leaks. Hunt then down
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509 and plug them.
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510
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511 * Only include config.h in files that actually need it, instead of
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512 including it in every .cc file. Unfortunately, this might not be
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513 so easy to figure out.
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514
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515 * GNU coding standards:
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516
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517 -- Add a `Makefile' target to the Makefiles.
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518 -- Comments on #else and #endif preprocessor commands.
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519 -- Change error message format to match standards everywhere.
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520
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521 * Use STL stuff instead of libg++ lists, maps, and stacks.
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522
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523 * Eliminate more global variables.
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524
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525 * Encapsulate readline in a class. Include interface to stuff like
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526 blink_matching_paren.
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527
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528 * Encapsulate resource stuff in a class.
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529
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530 * Move procstream to liboctave.
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531
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532 * Replace more C-style vectors with Array<T> stuff.
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533
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534 * Use references and classes in more places.
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535
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536 * Share more code among the various *_options functions.
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537
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538 -------------
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539 Miscellaneous:
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540 -------------
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541
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542 * Implement some functions for interprocess communication: bind,
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543 accept, connect, gethostbyname, etc.
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544
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545 * The installation process should also install octave.el. This
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546 needs to detect the appropriate Emacs binary to use to
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547 byte-compile the .el file. Following GNU Emacs philosophy,
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548 installation would be into $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp by
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549 default, but it should be selectable.
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551 * The ability to transparently handle very large files:
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552
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553 Juhana K Kouhia <kouhia@nic.funet.fi> wrote:
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554
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555 If I have a one-dimensional signal data with the size 400
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556 Mbytes, then what are my choices to operate with it:
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557
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558 * I have to split the data
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559 * Octave has a virtual memory on its own and I don't have to
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560 worry about the splitting.
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561
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562 If I split the data, then my easily programmed processing
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563 programs will become hard to program.
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564
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565 If possible, I would like to have the virtual memory system in
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566 Octave i.e. the all big files, the user see as one big array or
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567 such. There could be several user selectable models to do the
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568 virtual memory depending on what kind of data the user have (1d,
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569 2d) and in what order they are processed (stream or random
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570 access).
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571
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572 Perhaps this can be done entirely with a library of M-files.
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573
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574 * Add a function like strptime() which is the opposite of
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575 strftime(). A C version is apparently in recent releases of the
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576 Linux C library.
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577
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578 * Merge OS/2 changes.
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579
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580 ------
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581 Always:
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582 ------
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583
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584 * Squash bugs.
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585
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586 --30--