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--- Barton Willis <willisb@unk.edu> wrote:

> I'd like us to add more tests to our test suite.   The tests should
> be more organized than what we have now.  Something like a big-float
> test, double-float test, absolute-value simplification test, ... ,
> zeta function test.  

Definitely.

> At least for the things I've worked on, testing code is good 
> insurance against inserting new bugs----it's not all that effective
> for discovering new bugs.  Nevertheless, everything in share should 
> have testing code.

Agreed.  Is there some good description of how to create test suite
entries?  Also, are any of the packages tested by default?  I know some
of the modern ones have had tests written, but I don't know if they've
been incorporated into the global test suite.  

> There are several things that should be appended to share----most
> notable is Fabrizio Caruso's summation code. 

You mean this one?
http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/research/combinat/risc/software/Zeilberger/

Agreed - we definitely should include that if it has been released. 
Did he release it?  I remember him mentioning it awhile ago but I don't
recall what came of it.

> It's more complex than just appending---we need to blend in 
> user-documentation, fix up installation, add autoload stuff, 
> and etc. 

Yep.  BTY, would the Zeilberger algorithm be more fitting as a share
package or as part of the core?

CY


		
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