Re: Core Functions and Matlab Compatibility

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 1, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Rik wrote:

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>       > This is a core function in M2012a and if i m not wrong it
>       does the same 
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>       > thing with the attached one. Someone able to check that? Note
>       that i do 
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>       > not like the way i do the error check in that function. So if
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>       > just a bit of time improve it.
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>       > condeig is another nice function relatively easy to implement
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>       > estimating the condition of eigenvalues and eigenvectors" by
>       C.V.Loan). 
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>       > I might do that myself as an Octave function.
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> All,
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> In the same vein, there are a number of functions in core Matlab for which we 
> have implementations in Octave-Forge.  I went through the list of missing 
> functions in unimplemented.m and compared it to what might already be 
> available.
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> The following have an implementation on Octave-Forge:
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> gsvd
> condeig
> expint
> erfcinv
> ellipj
> ellipke
> funm
> evalc (should be trivial to capture stdout)
> exifread
> sound
> soundsc
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> Given that it is easier to massage code to meet Octave core's guidelines 
> rather than writing new code from scratch, I think we should look at 
> importing these functions before the next release.
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> --Rik

Should a "task" be added to the task-tracker for this?

        https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?group=octave

Or maybe a "Plans for the Next Release" page created on the wiki?

Ben