X-Git-Url: https://www.ginac.de/ginac.git//ginac.git?p=ginac.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ef550a6c7b09ddd7a038fb7dffb1b0ef8aecd364;hp=61658056b4acf234b078297ab49f2511eb582bbf;hb=7dfed2bf4fb42d23410332576dc9fbe14ea154f8;hpb=4977567ad26b0eb5aef4e0fa0facf050a72754f6 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 61658056..ef550a6c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,181 @@ This file records noteworthy changes. +1.2.0 () +* Added a structure template class for the easy creation of user-defined + algebraic classes. +* +* +* +* +* Improved the speed of subs(), normal(), to_rational() and to_polynomial() + by the use of maps instead of lists. The old forms + subs(const lst & ls, const lst & lr, unsigned options) + to_rational/to_polynomial(lst & repl) + are still available for compatibility, but using the new forms + subs(const exmap & m, unsigned options) + to_rational/to_polynomial(exmap & repl) + is more efficient, especially when the number of replacements is large. +* quo(), rem(), prem(), sprem(), decomp_rational(), unit(), content(), + primpart() and matrix::charpoly() now take a "const ex &" instead of a + "const symbol &". +* +* Lots of internal streamlining and optimizations. +* Caveats for class implementors: + - basic::copy() and basic::destroy() are gone; classes derived from + basic can use the defaults for the assignment operator and copy + constructor. + - basic::subs(), basic::normal(), basic::to_rational() and + basic::to_polynomial() take 'exmap' objects instead of lists. + - basic::subs() now descends into subexpressions (if accessible via + nops()/op()/let_op()). If you have a custom implementation of subs() + that calls basic::subs() after substituting subexpressions, this needs + to be changed to a call to subs_one_level(). + - lst::thislst() and exprseq::thisexprseq() renamed to thiscontainer(). + - thiscontainer() and associated constructors now take a std::auto_ptr. + - Overloading basic::print() is now deprecated. You should use + print_func<>() class options instead. + +1.1.0 (3 April 2003) +* Removed deprecated macros is_ex_a, is_ex_exactly_a and friends for good. +* The scalar_products mechanism allows the specification of an index dimension. +* Removed dirac_gamma6/7(). +* Added ex::to_polynomial(). +* subs() accepts an optional "options" argument. The option + subs_option::subs_algebraic enables "smart" substitutions in products and + powers. +* Added stream manipulators "dflt", "latex", "python", "python_repr", "tree", + "csrc", "csrc_float", "csrc_double", "csrc_cl_N", "index_dimensions" and + "no_index_dimensions" to control the output format. Calling basic::print() + directly is now deprecated. +* Made the hashing more simple and efficient. +* Caveats for class implementors: + - basic::subs(): third argument changed from "bool" to "unsigned" + - unarchiving constructor and basic::unarchive(): "const" removed from + second argument + - basic::let_op() should only be implemented if write access to + subexpressions is desired + - simplify_ncmul() renamed to eval_ncmul() + - simplified_ncmul() renamed to hold_ncmul() + - nonsimplified_ncmul() renamed to reeval_ncmul() + +1.0.14 (1 March 2003) +* Improved the C-source output: complex numbers are printed correctly (using + the STL complex<> template or cln::complex()), rational numbers use cl_RA() + in the CLN output, and small integers are printed in a more compact format + (e.g. "2.0" instead of "2.0000000e+00"). +* function_options::set_return_type() and function_options::do_not_evalf_params() + now actually work. + +1.0.13 (27 January 2003) +* Contracting epsilon tensors with Euclidean indices now works. +* Improved dummy index symmetrization in sums. +* Added dirac_gammaL/R(), which can be used instead of dirac_gamma6/7() + but are single objects, to allow for a more compact notation of Dirac + strings. +* Powers with negative numeric exponents are printed as fractions in the + LaTeX output. +* Added symbolic_matrix() for the convenient creation of matrices filled + with symbols. +* Added collect_common_factors() which collects common factors from the + terms of sums. +* simplify_indexed() converts "gamma~mu*p.mu" to "p\". + +1.0.12 (30 October 2002) +* Fixed a bug in power::expand() that could produce invalid expressions. +* The input parser no longer ignores extra data following accepted input. +* Improved the CLN C-source output (integers are printed as integers, and + floating point numbers include the precision). +* Fixed a problem in the LaTeX-output of negative fractions. +* Added print_latex() and print_csrc() to ginsh. +* The sprem() function is now public. + +1.0.11 (18 September 2002) +* Fixed a possible memory corruption in contractions of indexed objects with + delta or metric tensors. +* Computing the derivative of a power series object with respect to a symbol + that is not the expansion variable now works correctly. +* Several bugfixes in code generation. + +1.0.10 (24 July 2002) +* Powers of indexed objects are now parenthesized correctly in LaTeX output. +* Input parser handles indices (they have to be specified in the same list + as the symbols). +* Added some limited support for subspaces in the idx and tensor classes. +* Fixed a bug in canonicalize() (antisymmetric canonicalization of an already + sorted list containing two or more equal objects failed to return 0). + +1.0.9 (11 June 2002) +* simplify_indexed() now raises/lowers dummy indices to canonicalize the index + variance. This allows some simplifications that weren't possible before, + like eps~a.b~c~d*X.a*X~b -> 0 and X.a~a-X~a.a -> 0. +* Implemented relational::subs(). +* Fixed bug in simplify_ncmul() for clifford objects. + +1.0.8 (31 March 2002) +* Improvements in memory usage of the expand() methods. + +1.0.7 (18 March 2002) +* Fixed LaTeX output of indexed and matrix objects. +* Fixed matrix::pow(n) for n==0 and added helper functions to create unit + matrices "ex unit_matrix(unsigned, unsigned)". + +1.0.6 (4 March 2002) +* "(x+1).subs(x==x-1)" now returns the correct result "x" instead of "x-1". + +1.0.5 (27 January 2002) +* (l)degree(s), coeff(s, n) and collect(s) were extended to accept expressions + of any class (except add/mul/ncmul/numeric) for "s". They should even work + if "s" is a "power" object, as long as the exponent is non-integer, but with + some limitations. For example, you can "collect(a*2^x+b*2^x, 2^x)" to get + "(a+b)*2^x", but "degree(2^(3*x), 2^x)" yields 0 instead of 3). +* Fixed a small output bug. + +1.0.4 (24 January 2002) +* Speedup in expand(). +* Faster Bernoulli numbers (Markus Nullmeier). +* Some minor bugfixes and documentation updates. + +1.0.3 (21 December 2001) +* Fixed a bug where quo() would call vector::reserve() with a negative + argument. +* Fix several bugs in code generation. + +1.0.2 (19 December 2001) +* Input parser recognizes "sqrt()", which is also used in the output. +* divide(a,b,q) only modifies q if the division succeeds; also, divide(a,b,a) + works now. +* Fixed small bug in dummy index renaming which could cause it to not + recognize renamable indices in some cases. +* power::degree() and power::ldegree() throw an exception when encountering + a non-integer exponent. +* Add output-support for Python bindings. + +1.0.1 (22 November 2001) +* Function sqrfree() handles a few more cases now. +* Class relational has real canonical ordering now. +* Handle obscene libreadline version numbers when building ginsh. + +1.0.0 (6 November 2001) +* Some internal reorganization resulting in a general speed-up. +* The last 3 evaluated expressions in ginsh are now referred to with the + tokens '%', '%%' and '%%%'. The old '"', '""' and '"""' remain for + compatibility but may be removed in a future version of GiNaC. + +0.9.4 (20 September 2001) +* Functions have better support for external scripting languages. +* Interface cleanups and bugfixes. +* Fix silly bug in evalf() that prevented things like 2^Pi being computed. + +0.9.3 (16 August 2001) +* series expansion now much more consistent for small order expansion. +* lsolve() accepts algorithmic hint as parameter. + +0.9.2 (31 July 2001) +* Epsilon tensor is more functional. +* simplify_indexed() is better at detecting expressions that vanish for + symmetry reasons. +* Several little bugfixes and consistency enhancements. + 0.9.1 (27 June 2001) * Ctors of class numeric are not explicit any more. All built-in callers for pseudofunctions are now templated and default to ex arguments which relaxes @@ -33,6 +209,7 @@ This file records noteworthy changes. * rem(c, p[x], x) (c: numeric, p[x]: polynomial) erroneously returned p[x] instead of c. * Small bugfixes in pattern matching. +* Updated libtool to version 1.4. 0.9.0 (7 June 2001) * In the output and in ginsh, lists are now delimited by { } braces, and