Re: GSoC 2017- Symbolic Package

[Colin Macdonald]

On 01/03/17 02:46, NVS Abhilash wrote:
> I am NVS Abhilash, and I am interested in completing the Symbolic Package
> project[1] for GSoC 2017.
> I have already contributed something to OctSympy[2].
> I just need some directions so that I can prepare for the project, in the
> context of GSoC.
>
> I need to know:
> 1. Can I do a mini-project, which will help me understand more about the
> communication between Octsympy and Pytave? If so, can someone suggest me
> one?
> 2. I have a basic knowledge of C++, Octave, and Python. But I don't have any
> mastery of these. Can anyone give me a rough idea about what all higher
> concepts are needed as prerequisites for this project?

Thanks for your contributions so far!

1.  First step: get Octave, Pytave and Symbolic all working together. 
Report any problems.  If this isn't straightforward, document it 
somewhere like the Octave wiki.

2.  Well, same here :-/

You might try to play with this a bit: 
https://github.com/cbm755/octsympy/pull/590

There are also various class-related problems we're hitting in Octave 
itself like https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49169.  Looking at Octave 
source may address your 2nd question.

Colin