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3 Octave PROJECTS -*- text -*- |
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6 Check with maintainers@octave.org for a possibly more current copy. |
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7 Also, if you start working steadily on a project, please let |
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8 maintainers@octave.org know. We might have information that could |
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9 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 maintainers@octave.org 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 * Improve logm, and sqrtm. |
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20 |
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21 * Improve complex mapper functions. See W. Kahan, ``Branch Cuts for |
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22 Complex Elementary Functions, or Much Ado About Nothing's Sign |
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23 Bit'' (in The State of the Art in Numerical Analysis, eds. Iserles |
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24 and Powell, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987) for explicit |
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25 trigonometric formulae. |
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26 |
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27 * Make functions like gamma() return the right IEEE Inf or NaN |
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28 values for extreme args or other undefined cases. |
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29 |
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30 * Handle complex values in fread and fwrite. |
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31 |
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32 * Support for lp_solve for linear programming problems. |
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33 |
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34 * Free QP solver. |
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35 |
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36 * Free NLP solver. |
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37 |
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38 * Fix CollocWt to handle Laguerre polynomials. Make it easy to |
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39 extend it to other polynomial types. |
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40 |
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41 * Make filter faster (perhaps by calling BLAS functions). |
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42 |
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43 * Add optional arguments to colloc so that it's not restricted to |
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44 Legendre polynomials. |
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45 |
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46 * Fix eig to also be able to solve the generalized eigenvalue |
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47 problem, and to solve for eigenvalues and eigenvectors without |
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48 performing a balancing step first. |
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49 |
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50 * Move rand, eye, xpow, xdiv, etc., functions to the matrix classes. |
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51 |
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52 * Use octave_allocator for memory management in Array classes once |
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53 g++ supports static member templates. |
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54 |
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55 * Implement the following functions: |
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56 -- ppval -- cross -- dot |
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57 |
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58 * When constructing NLConst (and other) objects, make sure that |
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59 there are sufficient checks to ensure that the dimensions all |
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60 conform. |
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61 |
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62 * Allow parameters to be passed through the call to fsolve() to the |
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63 user-supplied function for Matlab compatibility. Don't place an |
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64 upper limit on the number of arguments. |
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65 |
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66 * Check matrix classes for proper handling of empty matrices. |
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67 |
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68 * Make operations with empty matrices produce empty matrices, for |
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69 compatibility with Matlab (but only if Matlab 5 still does things |
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70 this way). For example: [1, 2] * [] ==> []. |
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71 |
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72 * Improve design of ODE, DAE, classes. |
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73 |
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74 * Extend meaning of .* to include v .* M or M .* v (where v is a |
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75 column vector with the same number of rows as M) to scale rows of |
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76 M by elements of v. Similarly, if w is a row vector with as many |
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77 columns as M, then either w .* M or M .* w scales the columns of |
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78 M. |
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80 * Given two vectors x and y of length m and n, implement a function |
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81 outer (x, y, f) that returns an m-by-n matrix with entries |
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82 f (x(i), y(j)). If f is omitted, multiplication is the default. |
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83 Should probably work for any vectors, not just if x is a column |
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84 vector and y is a row vector. |
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86 * Make it possible to solve b = L \ x efficiently, either by |
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87 providing an explicit function call, or by automatically |
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88 determining that L is triangular. If it is done automatically, |
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89 provide some means for determining whether Octave has actually |
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90 detected that the matrix is triangular. |
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91 |
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92 * The polyfit function uses the economy QR factorization, but even |
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93 that can take a lot of time for large datasets. Consider an |
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94 option to compute the result with inv (A' * A) * A' * y or some |
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95 other faster method.d Possibly just switch to this method if the |
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96 dataset is larger than some value. |
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98 * Make QR more memory efficient for large matrices when not all the |
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99 columns of Q are required (apparently this is not handled by the |
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100 lapack code yet). |
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102 * Consider making the behavior of the / and \ operators for |
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103 non-square systems compatible with Matlab. Currently, they return |
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104 the minimum norm solution from DGELSS, which behaves differently. |
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106 --------------- |
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107 Sparse Matrices: |
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108 --------------- |
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109 |
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110 * Sparse Cholesky factorization for Fchol function and also for the |
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111 in built polymorphic solvers. |
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112 |
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113 * QR factorization functions, also for use in lssolve functions. Write |
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114 svds function based on this. Write sprank function based on svds. |
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115 |
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116 * Once dmperm is implemented, use the technique to detect permuted |
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117 triangular matrices. Test the permuted triangular matrix solver code |
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118 |
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119 * Sparse inverse function, based on Andy's code from octave-forge. |
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120 |
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121 * Implement fourth argument to the sprand and sprandn that the leading |
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122 brand implements. |
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123 |
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124 * Sparse logical indexing in idx_vector class so that something like |
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125 "a=sprandn(1e6,1e6,1e-6); a(a<1) = 0" won't cause a memory overflow. |
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126 |
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127 * Write the rest of the sparse docs |
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128 |
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129 * The algo in TOMS 582 is perfect for symrcm function. However, this is |
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130 under the ACM license and can't be used in a GPL program. |
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131 |
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132 An alternative is that PETSC is GPL compatiable and has a symrcm |
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133 implemented from the original SPARSPAK. Its not clear that this is |
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134 legal to me as I have found no clarification of the original license |
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135 of SPARSPAK. As PETSC has had this code for over 10 years without |
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136 problem, we can perhaps assume that there is no issues. Maybe need |
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137 to contact PETSC people or the SPARSPAK people at uni of waterloo |
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138 to check issues. |
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139 |
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140 * Make spalloc(r,c,n) actually create an empty sparse with n non-zero |
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141 elements? This allows something like |
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143 sm = spalloc (r,c,n) |
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144 for j=1:c |
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145 for i=1:r |
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146 tmp = foo (i,j); |
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147 if (tmp != 0.) |
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148 sm (i,j) = tmp; |
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149 endif |
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150 endfor |
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151 endfor |
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152 |
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153 actually make sense. Otherwise the above will cause massive amounts |
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154 of memory reallocation. |
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155 |
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156 The fact is that this doesn't make sense in any case as the assign |
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157 function makes another copy of the sparse matrix. So although spalloc |
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158 might easily be made to have the correct behaviour, the first assign |
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159 will cause the matrix to be resized !!! There seems to be no simple |
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160 way to treat this but a complete rewrite of the sparse assignment |
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161 functions... |
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162 |
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163 * Port the sparse testing code into the DejaGNU testing code. |
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164 |
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165 * Treat the dispatching of the splu, spdet, functions, etc within octave |
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166 itself. This either means that classes need implementing or at the |
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167 minimum the octave-forge dispatch function is implemented within octave |
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169 * Other missing Functions |
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170 - eigs |
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171 - dmperm Tim Davis is apparently working on something |
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172 - symmmd Superseded by symamd |
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173 - colmmd Superseded by colamd |
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174 - sprandsym |
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175 - symbfact |
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176 - etreeplot |
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177 - treeplot |
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178 - gplot |
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179 - treelayout |
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180 - cholinc |
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181 - condest |
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182 - normest |
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183 - bicg |
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184 - bicgstab |
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185 - cgs |
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186 - gmres |
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187 - lsqr |
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188 - minres |
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189 - pcg Can this be taken from o-forge? Is it compatiable |
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190 - pcr Can and should this be taken from o-forge? |
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191 - qmr |
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192 - symmlq |
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193 - spaugment |
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196 Graphics: |
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197 -------- |
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198 |
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199 * Make plotting with plplot work. |
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200 |
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201 * Fix interface with gnuplot to wait for gnuplot to output any text |
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202 before octave returns a prompt. Possible by implementing two |
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203 way communication between gnuplot and Octave. |
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204 |
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205 * Handle gnuplot ranges correctly for parametric modes (accept 3 |
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206 ranges for 2d plots and 5 ranges for 3d plots). |
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208 * Make gsave (and possibly gload) work. Implement gsave by having it |
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209 also alter the plot command to not use temporary files (perhaps |
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210 with some user-specified template for naming them) and then |
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211 sending a `save' command to gnuplot. |
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212 |
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213 * It would be nice to be able to check that a plot is currently |
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214 being displayed. |
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215 |
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216 * Implement clf, gcf, get, set, orient, print, close, etc. in |
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217 Matlab-compatible ways. |
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218 |
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219 * Make it possible to check the current graphics terminal type. |
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220 |
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221 * If possible, pass data to gnuplot without using temporary files. |
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222 |
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223 * If possible, pass binary data to gnuplot to speed things up. |
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225 * If using gnuplot, consider setting a smaller default for the |
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226 `zero' value (e.g., set zero sqrt (realmin) or something). |
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228 ------- |
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229 Strings: |
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230 ------- |
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231 |
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232 * Improve performance of string functions, particularly for |
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233 searching and replacing. |
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234 |
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235 * Provide some regex matching functions. |
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236 |
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237 * Convert string functions to work on string arrays. |
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238 |
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239 * Make find work for strings. |
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240 |
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241 * Consider making octave_print_internal() print some sort of text |
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242 representation for unprintable characters instead of sending them |
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243 directly to the terminal. (But don't do this for fprintf!) |
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244 |
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245 * Consider changing the default value of `string_fill_char' from SPC |
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246 to NUL. |
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247 |
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248 * Consider making ["test", []] ==> "test", for compatibility with |
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249 Matlab, at least when some set of preferences are set. |
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252 Other Data Types: |
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253 ---------------- |
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254 |
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255 * Template functions for mixed-type ops. |
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258 Graphical User Interface: |
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259 ------------------------ |
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260 |
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261 * In an X11 or other windowing environment, allow the user to pop up |
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262 windows for menus and other purposes. A good place to start might |
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263 be Tk, as long as Tcl is avoided. |
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264 |
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265 * Add a way to handle events, like alarms, mouse clicks, etc. |
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267 ------------ |
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268 Input/Output: |
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270 |
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271 * Make fread and fwrite work for complex data. Iostreams based |
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272 versions of these functions would also be nice, and if you are |
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273 working on them, it would be good to support other size |
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274 specifications (integer*2, etc.). |
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278 * Make load and save look for <file>.mat if only given <file>. |
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280 Potential sticky points: |
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281 |
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282 - For load, if both foo and foo.mat exist, should it prefer foo |
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283 or foo.mat? Should the preference depend on the arguments to |
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284 load? I think it should only prefer .mat files if the |
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285 -mat-binary option is supplied, or if the file foo.mat exists |
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286 but the file foo does not. |
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287 |
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288 - For save, should it prefer to create foo or foo.mat? Should |
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289 the preference depend on the arguments to save? Should the |
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290 default_save_format imply a default preference? I think it |
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291 should only create .mat files if it is writing Matlab |
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292 compatible files. |
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293 |
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294 * Move some pr-output stuff to liboctave. |
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295 |
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296 * Make the cutoff point for changing to packed storage a |
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297 user-preference variable with default value 8192. |
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298 |
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300 probably be best since there are already filters to convert to |
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301 these formats from others.) |
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303 * Complain if there is not enough disk space available (I think |
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304 there is simply not enough error checking in the code that handles |
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305 writing data). |
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306 |
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307 * Make it possible to tie arbitrary input and output streams |
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308 together, similar to the way iostreams can be tied together. |
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310 ----------- |
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311 Interpreter: |
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312 ----------- |
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313 |
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315 |
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316 * For the keyboard function, parse return (or quit) more |
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317 intelligently so that something like |
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318 |
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319 debug> x = 1; return |
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320 |
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321 will work as expected. |
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322 |
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326 |
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329 is parsed as IF expr STRING END. |
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330 |
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331 * Consider grouping all preference variables in a structure instead |
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332 of further polluting the namespace. Maybe `Octave_options.xxx'? |
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333 |
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334 * Rewrite functions in input.cc to do the right thing in all cases |
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335 of using readline, forced interactive behavior, echoing of input, |
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336 etc. |
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337 |
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338 * Consider making linspace() and logspace() return the value |
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339 corresponding to the first argument if the number of requested |
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340 points is 1. |
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341 |
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342 * Consider allowing an arbitrary property list to be attached to any |
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343 variable. This could be a more general way to handle the help |
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344 string that can currently be added with `document'. |
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345 |
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346 * Allow more command line options to be accessible as built-in |
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347 variables (--echo-commands, etc.). |
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348 |
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349 * Allow `octave -c STRING' to execute commands from STRING then |
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350 exit. |
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351 |
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352 * Make the interpreter run faster. |
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353 |
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354 * Make it possible to disable or enable all warnings on an |
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355 individual basis from the command line or via some built-in |
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356 structure variable. |
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357 |
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358 * Warn about complex comparisons? Could just use double_value() or |
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359 matrix_value() instead of explicit conversions to real types. For |
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360 this to really be useful, some additional information must be |
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361 available to point to the location of the code that triggers the |
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362 warning. |
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363 |
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368 * Improve the way ignore_function_time_stamp works to allow |
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369 selecting by individual directories or functions. |
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370 |
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371 * Add a command-line option to tell Octave to just do syntax |
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372 checking and not execute statements. |
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373 |
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374 * Is it necessary for do_binary_op and do_unary_op to be friends of |
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375 the tree_constant class. |
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376 |
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377 * Clean up symtab and variable stuff. |
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378 |
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379 * Input stream class for parser files -- must manage buffers for |
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380 flex and context for global variable settings. |
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383 compiling functions, etc. |
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384 |
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386 parse_error() to print? |
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387 |
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388 * Add a run-time alias mechanism that would allow things like |
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389 |
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390 alias fun function_with_a_very_long_name |
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391 |
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392 so that `function_with_a_very_long_name' could be invoked as |
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393 `fun'. |
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394 |
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395 * What should is_global() return when called for built-in variables? |
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396 |
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397 * Allow local changes to variables to be written more compactly than |
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398 is currently possible with unwind_protect. For example, |
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399 |
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400 function f () |
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401 local prefer_column_vectors = something; |
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402 ... |
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403 endfunction |
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404 |
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405 would be equivalent to |
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407 function f () |
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409 unwind_protect |
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410 prefer_column_vectors = something; |
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411 ... |
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412 unwind_protect_cleanup |
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413 prefer_column_vectors = save_prefer_column_vectors; |
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414 end_unwind_protect |
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415 endfunction |
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416 |
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417 * Fix all function files to check for bogus inputs (wrong number or |
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418 types of input arguments, wrong number of output arguments). |
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419 |
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421 lists. |
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422 |
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424 |
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425 * Too much time is spent allocating and freeing memory. What can be |
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426 done to improve performance? |
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427 |
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428 * Error output from Fortran code is ugly. Something should be done to |
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429 make it look better. |
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430 |
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431 * It would be nice if output from the Fortran routines could be |
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432 passed through the pager. |
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433 |
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434 * Attempt to recognize common subexpressions in the parser. |
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435 |
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436 * Handle arrays with more than two dimensions. |
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437 |
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438 * Consider making it possible to specify an empty matrix with a |
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439 syntax like [](e1, e2). Of course at least one of the expressions |
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440 must be zero... |
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441 |
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442 * Is Matrix::fortran_vec() really necessary? |
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445 |
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446 * Add a command that works like bash's `builtin' command. |
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447 |
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449 the type command. |
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451 * Clean up eye, eval, feval, keyboard, input, ones, zeros. |
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452 |
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453 * It would be nice to have an interactive debugger. |
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454 |
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455 * Make whos report total memory used by variables (and functions?). |
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456 |
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457 * Rewrite whos and the symbol_record_info class. Write a built-in |
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458 function that gives all the basic information, then write who and |
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459 whos as M-files. |
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462 |
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463 prot type rows cols name |
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464 ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== |
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465 wd matrix m n struct.field |
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467 * Allow who to return information as a list of strings. |
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468 |
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469 * On systems that support matherr(), make it possible for users to |
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470 enable the printing of warning messages. |
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471 |
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472 * Make it possible to mark variables and functions as read-only. |
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473 |
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474 * Provide a built-in function for applying a scalar function to an |
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475 array. Be sure to note in the manual that this is not the |
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476 preferred way to write a function that can handle vector/matrix |
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477 arguments because there is a significant overhead for function |
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478 calls. If you are really looking to make a function work for |
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479 vector/matrix arguments and you want it to run fast, you should |
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480 write it in terms of the existing vector/matrix operators as much |
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481 as possible. |
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482 |
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483 * Make it possible to write a function that gets a reference to a |
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484 matrix in memory and change one or more elements without |
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485 generating a second copy of the data. |
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486 |
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487 * Use nanosleep instead of usleep if it is available? Apparently |
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488 nanosleep is to be preferred over usleep on Solaris systems. |
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489 |
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491 History: |
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492 ------- |
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493 |
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494 * Add an option to allow saving input from script files in the |
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495 history list. |
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496 |
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497 * The history command should accept two numeric arguments to |
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498 indicate a range of history entries to display, save or read. |
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499 |
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500 * Add an option to include information about the Octave session in |
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501 the history list. Possibly a time/date stamp and the current |
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502 Octave line number, appended as a comment (users should probably |
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503 be able to control the format). |
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504 |
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505 * Avoid writing the history file if the history list has not |
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506 changed. |
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507 |
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508 * Avoid permission errors if the history file cannot be opened for |
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509 writing. |
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510 |
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511 * Fix history problems -- core dump if multiple processes are |
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512 writing to the same history file? |
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513 |
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514 ------------------------------ |
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515 Configuration and Installation: |
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516 ------------------------------ |
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517 |
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518 * Add an --enable-pathsearch option to configure to make it possible |
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519 to configure and run without kpathsea. |
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520 |
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521 * Makefile changes: |
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522 -- eliminate for loops |
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523 -- define shell commands or eliminate them |
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524 -- verify distclean |
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525 -- consolidate targets |
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526 |
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527 * Make it possible to configure so that installed binaries and |
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528 shared libraries are stripped. |
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529 |
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530 * Create a docs-only distribution? |
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531 |
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533 Documentation and On-Line Help: |
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534 ------------------------------ |
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535 |
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536 * Document new features. |
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537 -- history-search-{back,for}ward. |
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538 -- Other stuff mentioned in the NEWS file. |
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539 |
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540 * Improve the Texinfo Documentation for the interpreter. It would |
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541 be useful to have lots more examples, to not have so many forward |
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542 references, and to not have very many simple lists of functions. |
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543 |
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544 * The docs should mention something about efficiency and that using |
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545 array operations is almost always a good idea for speed. |
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546 |
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547 * Texinfo documentation for the C++ classes. |
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548 |
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549 * Support multiple info files, perhaps allowing one or more in each |
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550 directory in the LOADPATH, so that local collections of M-files |
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551 could be documented with Info. |
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552 |
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553 * Improve help messages for operators and keywords in help.cc. |
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554 |
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555 * Make index entries more consistent to improve behavior of `help -i'. |
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556 |
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557 * Make `help -i' try to find a whole word match first. |
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558 |
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559 * Allow help for local additions to be accessible with help -i. |
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560 |
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561 * Clean up help stuff. |
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562 |
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563 * Demo files. |
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564 |
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565 * As the number of m-files with octave grows perhaps a 'Contents.m' |
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566 file for each toolbox (directory) would be appropriate so one |
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567 knows exactly what functions are in a toolbox with a quick look. |
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568 It would be best to generate information for each function directly |
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569 from the M-files, so that the information doesn't have to be |
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570 duplicated, and will remain current if the M-files change. It |
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571 would also be best to do as much of this as possible in an M-file, |
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572 though I wouldn't mind adding some basic support for listing the |
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573 names of all the directories in the LOADPATH, and the names of all |
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574 the M-files in a given directory if that is needed. |
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575 |
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576 Also make it possible to recursively search for Contents files: |
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577 |
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578 help dir -- Contents from dir |
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579 help dir// -- Contents from dir and all its subdirectories |
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580 help dir1/dir2 -- Contents from dir2 which is under dir1 |
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581 |
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582 * Some sort of blurb (2-3 pages) describing Octave in a reasonably |
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583 coherent way, where to get it etc., perhaps formatted pretty, |
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584 i.e. not just text. Maybe start with the latest Announce file. |
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585 |
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586 ----- |
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587 Tests: |
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588 ----- |
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589 |
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590 * Improved set of tests: |
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591 |
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592 -- Tests for various functions. Would be nice to have a test file |
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593 corresponding to every function. |
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594 |
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595 -- Tests for element by element operators: |
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596 + - .* ./ .\ .^ | & < <= == >= > != ! |
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597 |
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598 -- Tests for boolean operators: && || |
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599 |
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600 -- Tests for other operators: * / \ ' .' |
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601 |
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602 -- Tests from bug reports. |
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603 |
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604 -- Tests for indexed assignment. Need to consider the following: |
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605 o fortran-style indexing |
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606 o zero-one indexing |
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607 o assignment of empty matrix as well as values |
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608 o resizing |
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609 |
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610 * Tests for all internal functions. |
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611 |
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612 ----------- |
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613 Programming: |
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614 ----------- |
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615 |
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616 * Better error messages for missing operators? |
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617 |
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618 * Eliminate duplicate enums in pt-exp.cc, pt-const.cc, and ov.cc. |
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619 |
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620 * Handle octave_print_internal() stuff at the liboctave level. Then |
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621 the octave_value classes could just call on the print() methods |
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622 for the underlying classes. |
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623 |
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624 * As much as possible, eliminate explicit checks for the types of |
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625 octave_value objects so that user-defined types will automatically |
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626 do the right thing in more cases. |
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627 |
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628 * Only include config.h in files that actually need it, instead of |
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629 including it in every .cc file. Unfortunately, this might not be |
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630 so easy to figure out. |
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631 |
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632 * GNU coding standards: |
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633 |
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634 -- Add a `Makefile' target to the Makefiles. |
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635 -- Comments on #else and #endif preprocessor commands. |
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636 -- Change error message format to match standards everywhere. |
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637 |
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638 * Use STL stuff instead of libg++ lists, maps, and stacks. |
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639 |
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640 * Eliminate more global variables. |
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641 |
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642 * Move procstream to liboctave. |
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643 |
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644 * Use references and classes in more places. |
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645 |
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646 * Share more code among the various *_options functions. |
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647 |
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648 ------------- |
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649 Miscellaneous: |
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650 ------------- |
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651 |
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652 * Implement some functions for interprocess communication: bind, |
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653 accept, connect, gethostbyname, etc. |
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654 |
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2454
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655 * The installation process should also install octave.el. This |
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656 needs to detect the appropriate Emacs binary to use to |
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657 byte-compile the .el file. Following GNU Emacs philosophy, |
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658 installation would be into $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp by |
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659 default, but it should be selectable. |
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660 |
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661 * The ability to transparently handle very large files: |
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662 |
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663 Juhana K Kouhia <kouhia@nic.funet.fi> wrote: |
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664 |
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665 If I have a one-dimensional signal data with the size 400 |
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666 Mbytes, then what are my choices to operate with it: |
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667 |
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668 * I have to split the data |
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669 * Octave has a virtual memory on its own and I don't have to |
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670 worry about the splitting. |
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671 |
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672 If I split the data, then my easily programmed processing |
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673 programs will become hard to program. |
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674 |
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675 If possible, I would like to have the virtual memory system in |
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676 Octave i.e. the all big files, the user see as one big array or |
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677 such. There could be several user selectable models to do the |
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678 virtual memory depending on what kind of data the user have (1d, |
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679 2d) and in what order they are processed (stream or random |
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680 access). |
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681 |
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682 Perhaps this can be done entirely with a library of M-files. |
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683 |
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684 * An interface to gdb. |
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685 |
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686 Michael Smolsky <fnsiguc@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il> wrote: |
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687 |
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688 I was thinking about a tool, which could be very useful for me |
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689 in my numerical simulation work. It is an interconnection |
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690 between gdb and octave. We are often managing very large arrays |
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691 of data in our fortran or c codes, which might be studied with |
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692 the help of octave at the algorithm development stages. Assume |
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693 you're coding, say, wave equation. And want to debug the |
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694 code. It would be great to pick some array from the memory of |
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695 the code you're develloping, fft it and see the image as a |
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696 log-log plot of the spectral density. I'm facing similar |
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697 problems now. To avoid high c-development cost, I develop in |
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698 matlab/octave, and then rewrite into c. It might be so much |
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699 easier, if I could off-load a c array right from the debugger |
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700 into octave, study it, and, perhaps, change some [many] values |
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701 with a convenient matlab/octave syntax, similar to |
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702 a(:,50:250)=zeros(100,200), and then store it back into the |
|
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703 memory of my c code. |
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704 |
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705 * Add a definition to lgrind so that it supports Octave. |
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|
706 (See http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/lgrind/ for more |
|
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707 information about lgrind.) |
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708 |
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709 ------ |
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710 Always: |
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711 ------ |
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712 |
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713 * Squash bugs. |
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714 |
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715 --30-- |
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