ApCoCoALib:Convert

User Documentation for convert

[Parts of this documentation are taken from the CoCoALib documentation file "doc/convert.txt" written by John Abbott.]

The header file [convert.H] supplies several conversion functions between (Ap)CoCoALib and LinBox objects. All the conversion functions are called [convert]; they attempt to assign the value of the second argument to the first argument. If the attempt succeeds, they return [true], otherwise they return [false]. The value of the first argument may be modified even when [false] is returned. Note that you have to enable LinBox support in your [lib.config] to make these conversion functions available.

Here is a summary of the conversion currently offered:

    "to" type               "from" type       notes
    LinBox::PID_integer     CoCoA::RingElem   CoCoA::RingElem owner must be
                                              CoCoA::RingZ
    LinBox::integer         CoCoA::ZZ
    LinBox::DenseMatrix<    CoCoA::matrix     Matrix must be defined over
    LinBox::Modular<LinB                      CoCoA::NewZmod
    ox::int32> >  

Maintenance notes for convert

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Bugs, Shortcomings, etc

The [convert] function CoCoA::ZZ -> LinBox::integer always returns [true] at the moment.