Re: Weird i386 only error maxima 5.47.0

2024-05-28 Thread Robert Dodier
Camm, it appears that the quadpack code has not changed, so if there's any difference in Maxima, it would have to be outside of quadpack. Maybe the default float type has changed from 64 bits to 80 bits or vice versa? Only a guess; I don't know what else to suggest. You could narrow the scope by

display bug, was: Maxima rtestint failures with GCL 2.6.14

2024-04-09 Thread Robert Dodier
On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 8:36 AM Robert Dodier wrote: > Running tests in rtestint: > ** Problem 56 *** > Input: > cos(x) > integrate(--, x, minf, inf) >2 > x + 1 > > > Result: >

Re: Maxima rtestint failures with GCL 2.6.14

2024-04-09 Thread Robert Dodier
, or in the assignments to those. I would like to note that this bug is only observed with GCL 2.6.14. Other Lisp implementations don't show it. best Robert On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 8:36 AM Robert Dodier wrote: > > The current version of Maxima (00fcc04) bumps into several failures in > rtes

Maxima rtestint failures with GCL 2.6.14

2024-04-08 Thread Robert Dodier
The current version of Maxima (00fcc04) bumps into several failures in rtestint when compiled with GCL 2.6.14. GCL advertises itself as: GCL (GNU Common Lisp) 2.6.14 Fri Jan 13 10:47:56 AM EST 2023 ANSIgit: Version_2_6_14 The failures start with Running tests in rtestint:

sizes of floats, was: +-Inf and NaN

2024-02-28 Thread Robert Dodier
On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 7:40 AM Camm Maguire wrote: > Does anyone care about anything other than 4 or 8 byte floats? I know I don't, also I've never encountered, in 40+ years of numerical programming, a problem that really needed bigger or smaller ones. I'm not claiming those problems don't

predictable behavior and optimization setting, was: +-Inf and NaN

2024-02-21 Thread Robert Dodier
Camm, thanks for taking the time to write about this stuff. I'm more broadly interested in all of it, but in the interest of brevity I'll just make a quick note. It sounds like part of the proposal is to let program behavior change with the compiler optimization setting. I'm pretty uncomfortable

Re: [Maxima-discuss] gcl-2.7.0 and unicode

2023-12-21 Thread Robert Dodier
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 7:59 AM Camm Maguire wrote: > Can you give me an example of something important > which cannot be made to work with existing gcl characters, as say maxima > has? There isn't any feature in Maxima which requires Unicode, so unless I'm forgetting something, the answer is

Re: $gensym

2023-11-05 Thread Robert Dodier
On Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 7:06 AM Camm Maguire wrote: > Greetings! Just to report that maxima's current use of $gensym (at > least as of commit b6d66ad4e which is doubtless out of date by now) > creates an implicit dependency on an unchanged *gensym-counter* binding, > i.e. that the sequence of

Re: [Maxima-discuss] gcl-2.6.14 released [stable]

2023-01-24 Thread Robert Dodier
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:42 AM Camm Maguire wrote: > Greetings! I see we've been on parallel paths. > > I've committed a lisp-array-alike1 to gcl_cleanup for review. Well, commit a1de549 on master has special cases for strings and vectors, and as it stands the problem with fill pointers has

Re: [Maxima-discuss] Windows [ was Re: GCL Version_2_6_13pre125 ]

2022-11-22 Thread Robert Dodier
On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 7:08 AM Camm Maguire wrote: > Greetings, and thanks! Am I correct in assuming that 32bit builds are > no longer useful? I don't know to what extent people are using 32 bit systems. Maybe someone else knows. I don't know to what extent people who are creating packages

Re: [Maxima-discuss] GCL Version_2_6_13pre125

2022-11-10 Thread Robert Dodier
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 5:25 AM James Cloos wrote: > >>>>> "RD" == Robert Dodier writes: > > >> >(setq b (- a) c (- a a)) > >> #<-nan> > > RD> Minor wart here -- should be #, NaN doesn't have a sign. > > they do at the

Re: GCL Version_2_6_13pre125

2022-11-09 Thread Robert Dodier
On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:59 PM Camm Maguire wrote: > The NaN report gives false now as you note, > 2.0^1024.1 still gives the inf for testing purposes. I think the false > is in simp-expt in maxima, but haven't got further. Most of his results > had been fixed some time ago. What? I don't

Re: [Maxima-discuss] Additional build errors in doc/info (problem with GCL?)

2022-08-29 Thread Robert Dodier
On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 9:56 PM Viktor T. Toth wrote: > The offending line appears to be line #180 in build-html-index.lisp: > > (with-open-file (s "maxima-index-html.lisp" >:direction :output >:if-exists :supersede) > > which causes GCL to fail if the file

Re: successive forward slashes in path, was: Compiling pregexp.lisp fails with GCL?

2022-08-08 Thread Robert Dodier
I've pushed commit eee5b4f to Maxima Git which changes the "//" in a path to just "/", and now Maxima + GCL (Version_2_6_13pre120) can load the package pslq successfully. Hope this helps, Robert

successive forward slashes in path, was: Compiling pregexp.lisp fails with GCL?

2022-08-07 Thread Robert Dodier
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 3:18 PM Camm Maguire wrote: > > Looks like the problem is that the construct path contains "//" > > instead of just "/". > > This is true, gcl's parse-namestring cannot deal with the '//', which is > not an ansi namestring to my understanding. Can you remove before >

Re: [Maxima-discuss] Compiling pregexp.lisp fails with GCL?

2022-08-07 Thread Robert Dodier
OK, great, I was able to successfully build pre120 on a gcc-4 system, Maxima build is in progress, and it has gotten past the point where pregexp.lisp is compiled, so I guess that's okay now. The new executable identifies itself as "GCL (GNU Common Lisp) 2.6.12 ANSIFri Apr 22 15:51:11 UTC

Re: [Maxima-discuss] Compiling pregexp.lisp fails with GCL?

2022-08-05 Thread Robert Dodier
I was able to successfully rebuild GCL (Version_2_6_13pre119) on a system w/ GCC 9. That GCL successfully compiles the current Git version of Maxima, although it runs into a few errors in the main part of the test suite, and then a large number of errors in the share tests. The share errors seem

Re: [Maxima-discuss] Compiling pregexp.lisp fails with GCL?

2022-08-04 Thread Robert Dodier
Camm, here's what I get when I run make in gcl-Version_2_6_13pre119/gcl. uname -a reports: Linux freekbox 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:23:46 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux gcc --version reports: gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4) 4.8.4 ld --version reports: GNU ld (GNU

Re: [Gcl-devel] [Maxima-discuss] unable to set up the help system

2015-10-13 Thread Robert Dodier
the numbers. Maybe this provides some useful inspiration, I don't know. best, Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

Re: [Gcl-devel] sys-proclaims.lisp

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Dodier
the build machinery? Is there a way to test for version 2.6.11+ ? Is it worth the trouble? ... I'm generally a little hesitant about including version tests. best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: [Gcl-devel] progress compiling GCL with Wine

2013-11-04 Thread Robert Dodier
. Segfaults at the step where it tries to run the raw GCL .exe file. I'm giving up at this point. Maybe I'll try again in a few years, or maybe someone else can sort it out. Thanks for all your help -- it was fun. best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list

[Gcl-devel] progress compiling GCL with Wine

2013-10-24 Thread Robert Dodier
/home/robert/tmp/gcl-git/gcl/gcl/unixport/msys does indeed exist and if I enter that command line to bash, it apparently runs (and returns immediately with exit code = 0). Advice? Thanks for your help, Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl

Re: [Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-19 Thread Robert Dodier
‘initlisp’: main.c:753: error: ‘RTLD_LAZY’ undeclared (first use in this function) main.c:753: error: ‘RTLD_GLOBAL’ undeclared (first use in this function) make[1]: *** [main.o] Error 1 Suggestions? best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl

Re: [Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-17 Thread Robert Dodier
in README.wine but I run into this error: $ ./configure --host=mingw32 [...] checking for CFLAG -Wno-unused-but-set-variable... configure: error: in `/home/robert/tmp/gcl-git/gcl/gcl': configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling ?? best Robert Dodier

Re: [Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-17 Thread Robert Dodier
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org wrote: Greetings! git checkout Version_2_6_10pre ? OK, tried that -- same error. best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: [Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-17 Thread Robert Dodier
/robert/tmp/gcl-git/gcl/gcl': configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling See `config.log' for more details I've attached the file config.log too. best Robert Dodier config.log Description: Binary data ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl

Re: [Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-17 Thread Robert Dodier
-mparam.h files. As for confdefs.h, I see it is in the top-level gcl directory, so I wonder why it wasn't found. Thanks for your help, Robert Dodier PS. I've also attached config.log. config.log Description: Binary data ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl

Re: [Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-16 Thread Robert Dodier
you can shed on this. best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

[Gcl-devel] running program compiled by GCL via Wine

2013-10-09 Thread Robert Dodier
, not just maxima.exe. The GCL versions involved are 2.6.9 and 2.6.8 as of 2013-01-01. Thanks for any light you can shed on this. best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

[Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Runtime determination of share directories?

2009-02-06 Thread Robert Dodier
don't remember for sure. Thanks for working on GCL. best Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

Re: [Maxima] [Gcl-devel] building maxima with gcl

2008-01-08 Thread Robert Dodier
about the Debian build process, but for the record it is not necessary to build the reference manual documentation since the tarball contains the .info and .html generated from the .texi files. HTH Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel

[Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] 2.7.0 nqthm compile times

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Dodier
declaims. All the best, keep up the good work. Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

Re: [Gcl-devel] write-char and format ~c strangeness

2007-03-05 Thread Robert Dodier
On 3/5/07, Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings! I think this has been fixed in cvs head. Please let me know if this is critical to you for 2.6.8. Camm, thanks for taking a look at that. I don't think it is critical. best Robert Dodier

[Gcl-devel] write-char and format ~c strangeness

2007-02-11 Thread Robert Dodier
. SBCL and Clisp both output an empty space for these. Also, iirc the CLHS has examples which show empty spaces for these. Maybe someone can look into this. Thanks very much, Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http

[Gcl-devel] Maxima suprv1.lisp + GCL compiler error

2007-02-04 Thread Robert Dodier
Camm, thanks for this information -- (in-package 'compiler) ;;WRITE-CHAR (push '((t) t #.(flags set) @0;(writec_stream(char_code(#0),sLAstandard_outputA-s.s_dbind),(#0))) (get 'write-char 'inline-unsafe)) Trying various fixes to src/suprv1.lisp I find that the following is enough to avoid

[Gcl-devel] GCL internal error (GCC error on generated C code)

2007-02-03 Thread Robert Dodier
what might trigger the problem. I can email the generated C code if anyone is interested. Thanks for any light you can shed on this problem. Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

[Gcl-devel] Fwd: Rev 1.31 of src/nparse.lisp breaks windows build of CVS HEAD

2006-11-12 Thread Robert Dodier
Forwarding this message from the Maxima mailing list. Context: http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1483203 Any comments would be much appreciated. All the best, thanks for your help. Robert Dodier -- Forwarded message -- From: Vadim V. Zhytnikov [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Gcl-devel] Re: Rev 1.31 of src/nparse.lisp breaks windows build of CVS HEAD

2006-11-12 Thread Robert Dodier
imply GCL 2.6.8 or later is required to compile Maxima on all platforms. Since most people are using the precompiled Windows package, I don't see a problem with that. All that is easy for me to say, of course -- I don't have a Windows build environment. All the best Robert Dodier

[Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] A bug in maxima-5.10.0.a

2006-10-24 Thread Robert Dodier
On 10/24/06, Vadim V. Zhytnikov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure this is really GCL bug. The point that gcl always resets *tmp-dir* on start up. But this doesn't happen with Maxima image. Probably Maxima itself should take care of resetting *tmp-dir*. Why is *tmp-dir* not assigned

[Gcl-devel] Re: Misc. re: 2.6.7

2006-08-26 Thread Robert Dodier
in wrong places. Thanks a lot for all your hard work! Robert Dodier ___ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel

[Gcl-devel] Re: [Maxima] Misc. re: 2.6.7

2006-08-26 Thread Robert Dodier
On 8/26/06, Vadim V. Zhytnikov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I have tried gcl 2.6.8pre from CVS with Maxima 5.9.3 and Maxima 5.9.3.99rc2 - build and run_testsuite() are perfectly OK. And the most important problem with gcl-xmaxima interaction is gone. Which problem was that? best, Robert

[Gcl-devel] Maximum number of arguments limitation

2006-05-08 Thread Robert Dodier
Hello, I am working with GCL 2.6.7. It appears that the maximum number of arguments is about 64. I wonder if there is a way to increase that, either at run time or when GCL is built. Is there a way to specify no fixed limit ? Thanks for any information, Robert Dodier

[Gcl-devel] Re: compiler speedup hack

2006-03-18 Thread Robert Dodier
that important -- probably a warm-start capability is more significant. maybe you've already concluded the same yourself. anyway, i mention this stuff just for the record. thanks for your interest in this topic all the best, robert dodier ___ Gcl-devel

[Gcl-devel] Re: printing IEEE 754 special values (inf, nan)

2005-07-08 Thread Robert Dodier
to distinguish one NaN from another. That said, I'd be happy enough if a NaN were printed as NaN or NAN or some such when *PRINT-READABLY* is false, and NAN-XXX or something (with X's representing hex digits here) when it's true. For what it's worth, Robert Dodier

[Gcl-devel] printing IEEE 754 special values (inf, nan)

2005-06-29 Thread Robert Dodier
message about printing the result. What needs to be modified in GCL in order to make floating point inf and nan (not a number) printable? Thanks for any insights. Robert Dodier __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection

Re: [Gcl-devel] printing IEEE 754 special values (inf, nan)

2005-06-29 Thread Robert Dodier
nan = t -- should be nil. Also, I didn't try to exhaustively test all properties. Thanks for your help, Robert Dodier Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http