Re: Explanation of Octave operator overloading

[John Swensen]

Paul Thomas wrote:
> David,
>
>> Note that I intend to delete this code in octave-forge now that the
>> code to treat positive definite matrices is in octave itself, so
>> rescuing it and using it as an example in da coda or del segna is
>> probably a good idea. In fact if you are really motivated, rescuing
>> both da coda and del segna, and this code and writing a chapter on
>> oct-files for the octave 3.0 manual might be even better :-)
>>
> Whilst I have gone silent on the maintainers list, I am still reading
> some of the postings.  I thought that the reaction to del segna was so
> underwhelming that I was put off from any further work on it.  More
> importantly, there was an opinion that the API should be improved in
> such a way as to make oct-files an irrelevance.  This was sufficiently
> persuasive as to stop me in my tracks!  If there is any call for it, I
> am prepared to help prepare a manual entry, in any way that I can.
>
> Best regards
>
> Paul Thomas
>
>
>
Where can this "del segna" document be found?  I have used the Da Coda
Al Fine quite extensively and it has been awesome, but have never come
across a Del Segna web page.  Is it just an extension of Da Coda?

John Swensen