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Editor: hemmecke Time: 2008/07/26 09:09:01 GMT-7
Note: Re: nothing to do with the actual names of operations

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From hemmecke Sat Jul 26 09:09:01 -0700 2008
From: hemmecke
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:09:01 -0700
Subject: Re: nothing to do with the actual names of operations
Message-ID: <20080726090901-0700@axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org>

I **strongly** dislike::

  Commutative2(T:Type,s:Symbol):Category == with
    s:(T,T) -> T

until somebody tells me that an identifier in the language is connected to
Symbol (which is a library domain). That this works is **magic** and requires
that 'Symbol' is built into the compiler.

Can the attribute commutative("*") be replaced with a category definition like

spad)abbrev category COM Commutative
Commutative(n:String):Category == with nil

spad

   Compiling FriCAS source code from file 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/4589802368271964260-25px001.spad using 
      old system compiler.
   COM abbreviates category Commutative 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   initializing NRLIB COM for Commutative 
   compiling into NRLIB COM 

;;;     ***       |Commutative| REDEFINED
Time: 0.01 SEC.

   finalizing NRLIB COM 
   Processing Commutative for Browser database:
--->-->Commutative(constructor): Not documented!!!!
--->-->Commutative(): Missing Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Commutative is now explicitly exposed in frame initial 
   Commutative will be automatically loaded when needed from 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/COM.NRLIB/code

spad)abbrev domain COMD CommutativeDomain
CommutativeDomain(): Commutative("*") with
    coerce:%->OutputForm
  == add
    coerce(x)== x pretend OutputForm

spad

   Compiling FriCAS source code from file 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/5314528024349234223-25px002.spad using 
      old system compiler.
   COMD abbreviates domain CommutativeDomain 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   initializing NRLIB COMD for CommutativeDomain 
   compiling into NRLIB COMD 
   compiling exported coerce : $ -> OutputForm
      COMD;coerce;$Of;1 is replaced by x 
Time: 0 SEC.

(time taken in buildFunctor:  0)

;;;     ***       |CommutativeDomain| REDEFINED

;;;     ***       |CommutativeDomain| REDEFINED
Time: 0 SEC.

   Cumulative Statistics for Constructor CommutativeDomain
      Time: 0 seconds

   finalizing NRLIB COMD 
   Processing CommutativeDomain for Browser database:
--->-->CommutativeDomain((coerce ((OutputForm) %))): Not documented!!!!
--->-->CommutativeDomain(constructor): Not documented!!!!
--->-->CommutativeDomain(): Missing Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   CommutativeDomain is now explicitly exposed in frame initial 
   CommutativeDomain will be automatically loaded when needed from 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/COMD.NRLIB/code

axiom
CommutativeDomain has Commutative("*")

(1)

Type: Boolean

axiom
CommutativeDomain has Commutative("+")

(2)

Type: Boolean

That is amazing. As demonstrated above, CommutativeDomain is just declared to be Commutative("*") even though there is no exported operation *.

In fact, what is demonstrated here has nothing to do with the actual names of operations exported by a domain, but just with the declaration that CommutativeDomain is of category Commutative("*").

Since above the definition says Commutative(n:Symbol) there should be double quotes around the *.

Is this the really problem? --yixin.cao, Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:20:36 -0700 reply

Even such a category is possible, so we can define domain D:Join(Commutative(*),Commutative(+),Commutative(max),....). But when I need to write a algorithm package to do some computations on that domain, in which I have several new functions(supposed all (D,D)->D), say, f1, f2, f3, how do I say f1 and f3 are commutative, while f2 is not?

One choice is adding properties inference with static analysis into the compiler(is there a possibility this inference algorithm be designed perfect?). Another is to define the property commutativity directly on the function *, instead of the domain. Or both.

Re: nothing to do with the actual names of operations --Bill Page, Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:24:22 -0700 reply

It is equally true that attributes like commutative("*") have nothing to do with the actual names of operations. So I think that this use of categories is functionally equivalent to the use of attributes.

yixin.cao, I do not see anything wrong with writing, for example:

  Dpackage(): Join(Commutative("f1"),Commutative("f3", ...) with
    f1:(D,D)->D
    f2:(D,D)->D
    f3:(D,D)->D

To me this a reasonable encoding of the idea that "f1 and f3 are commutative, while f2 is not". But of course it is only referring to the symbols/strings "f1" etc. and not the actual functions.

I think it is possible to try something a little more ambitious that at least appears to relate to the names of functions.

spad)abbrev category COM2 Commutative2
Commutative2(T:Type,s:Symbol):Category == with
  s:(T,T) -> T

spad

   Compiling FriCAS source code from file 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/7119483407360057115-25px001.spad using 
      old system compiler.
   COM2 abbreviates category Commutative2 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   initializing NRLIB COM2 for Commutative2 
   compiling into NRLIB COM2 

;;;     ***       |Commutative2| REDEFINED
Time: 0 SEC.

   finalizing NRLIB COM2 
   Processing Commutative2 for Browser database:
--->-->Commutative2((s (T$ T$ T$))): Not documented!!!!
--->-->Commutative2(constructor): Not documented!!!!
--->-->Commutative2(): Missing Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Commutative2 is now explicitly exposed in frame initial 
   Commutative2 will be automatically loaded when needed from 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/COM2.NRLIB/code

axiom
)show COM2(Integer,"*")

 Commutative2(Integer,*) is a category constructor.
 Abbreviation for Commutative2 is COM2
 This constructor is exposed in this frame.
 Issue )edit /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/7119483407360057115-25px001.spad to see algebra source
code for COM2 

------------------------------- Operations --------------------------------

 ?*? : (Integer,Integer) -> Integer

axiom
)show COM2(Float,"+")

 Commutative2(Float,+) is a category constructor.
 Abbreviation for Commutative2 is COM2
 This constructor is exposed in this frame.
 Issue )edit /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/7119483407360057115-25px001.spad to see algebra source
code for COM2 

------------------------------- Operations --------------------------------

 ?+? : (Float,Float) -> Float

spad)abbrev domain COMD2 CommutativeDomain2
CommutativeDomain2(): Commutative2(%,_*) with
    coerce:%->OutputForm
  == add
    coerce(x)== x pretend OutputForm
    x * x == x

spad

   Compiling FriCAS source code from file 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/8953674606596896921-25px003.spad using 
      old system compiler.
   COMD2 abbreviates domain CommutativeDomain2 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   initializing NRLIB COMD2 for CommutativeDomain2 
   compiling into NRLIB COMD2 
   compiling exported coerce : $ -> OutputForm
      COMD2;coerce;$Of;1 is replaced by x 
Time: 0.01 SEC.

   compiling exported * : ($,$) -> $
      COMD2;*;3$;2 is replaced by x 
Time: 0 SEC.

(time taken in buildFunctor:  0)

;;;     ***       |CommutativeDomain2| REDEFINED

;;;     ***       |CommutativeDomain2| REDEFINED
Time: 0 SEC.

   Cumulative Statistics for Constructor CommutativeDomain2
      Time: 0.01 seconds

   finalizing NRLIB COMD2 
   Processing CommutativeDomain2 for Browser database:
--->-->CommutativeDomain2((coerce ((OutputForm) %))): Not documented!!!!
--->-->CommutativeDomain2(constructor): Not documented!!!!
--->-->CommutativeDomain2(): Missing Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   CommutativeDomain2 is now explicitly exposed in frame initial 
   CommutativeDomain2 will be automatically loaded when needed from 
      /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/COMD2.NRLIB/code

axiom
)sh CommutativeDomain2

 CommutativeDomain2  is a domain constructor
 Abbreviation for CommutativeDomain2 is COMD2
 This constructor is exposed in this frame.
 Issue )edit /var/zope2/var/LatexWiki/8953674606596896921-25px003.spad to see algebra source
code for COMD2 

------------------------------- Operations --------------------------------
 ?*? : (%,%) -> %                      coerce : % -> OutputForm

CommutativeDomain2 has Commutative2(CommutativeDomain2,"*")

(1)

Type: Boolean

axiom
CommutativeDomain2 has Commutative2(CommutativeDomain2,"+")

(2)

Type: Boolean

Now, I do consider the fact that this works rather amazing!

Re: nothing to do with the actual names of operations --hemmecke, Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:09:01 -0700 reply

I strongly dislike:

  Commutative2(T:Type,s:Symbol):Category == with
    s:(T,T) -> T

until somebody tells me that an identifier in the language is connected to Symbol (which is a library domain). That this works is magic and requires that Symbol is built into the compiler.