Last update by Alain on 30 July 2009 Updated by Alain on 28 March 2008 This file contains: -- a ToDo list of missing commands -- a ToDo list related to system variables -- a ToDo list of missing Functions and Procedures -- a ToDo list of incomplete Functions and Procedures, missing keywords and limited/buggy functionnalities in existing func/pro -- some comments -- a DONE list containing info for future troubles/needs ToDo list of missing commands (not exhaustive, most requested) .rnew .skip .reset_session ToDo list related to system variables !ERROR, !ERR and !ERROR_STATE are not properly set by all library functions !EDIT_INPUT, preferences IDL_EDIT_INPUT, IDL_RBUF_PERSIST and IDL_RBUF_SIZE. ToDo list of Functions and Procedures * WMENU function Category: user interface Langage: GDL, later may be in C++ with widgets ! Difficulty: easy Contact: Alain Comments: undocumented feature coming from the old IDL versions (before 4.0). A draft exists, substiting the X11 interface by a console one. ToDo list of incomplete Function/Procedure, missing keywords ... * ON_ERROR and CATCH procedures Category: system Langage: C++ Difficulty: unknow Contact: Marc Comments: ON_ERROR and CATCH are not fully implemented (GDL recognizes them, but does not perform any action, ie. in case of error, the data is not used). * HELP Category: system Langage: C++ Difficulty: unknow Contact: Comments: some useful keywords are not handle * PLOT, OPLOT, PLOTS, CONTOUR, SURFACE, AXIS, XYOUTS Category: display Langage: C++ Difficulty: parts are obvious, other may be impossible with plplot lib! Contact: Alain Comments: some useful keywords are not handle * USERSYM Category: display Langage: C++ (linked to plplot library Difficulty: may be impossible with plplot lib! Contact: Joel or Alain Comments: * TVRD : keyword !order Category: display Langage: C++ (in devicex.hpp) Difficulty: unknow. Contact: Alain Comments: to be complete for !order keyword (managed in TV). A priori, the method p->Rotate(7) cannot be used on Byte arrays. * LA_ serie (based on the LAPACK routines) Category: numeric Langage: a priori C++ Difficulty: some existing algo, not under GPL ?? Contact: Comments: different personns have asked ... It is better to implement it in C/C++ because it is computer intensif Comments; About recently added Pro/Functions I move here some important procedures and functions which have been recently added; because they are important, they need to extensively tested. * MEDIAN: implementation of parameter "width" was done in summer 2008 Category: numeric Langage: C++ Difficulty: very difficult Contact: Alain Comments: codes in C/C++ in public domain or under GPL available, "interfaces" missing. Please make biblio before writing it, it is not obvious. Availability/efficienty of algo depend on data type !! It is better to implement it in C/C++ because it is computer intensif. --> Not sure all the cases have been tested. Please report tests and problems. * SPLINE serie (SPL_INIT, SPL_INTERP) Category: numeric Langage: C++ Difficulty: existing algo in NR, not under GPL. Contact: Alain Comments: A working version in GDL syntax has been put in CVS under src/pro It is better to implement it in C/C++ because it is computer intensif. * INVERT function : some exceptions Category: numeric Langage: C++ (in gsl_fun.cpp) Difficulty: easy. Contact: Alain Comments: the last exceptions shjould have been cleaned (input size, no-square matrix, string conversion should work). Very easy but could be time consuming if extensive tests. See currents tests in testsuite/test_invert_matrix.pro DONE and revisited * BESELI/BESELJ/BESELK Category: numeric Langage: C++ (in math_fun_ac.cpp) Difficulty: unknow. Contact: Alain Comments: 1/ some details need to be fix when the arrays are not commensurable. It is highly probable that other functions do suffer from the same problems. Some have been corrected (the GAMMA/BETA family) and can be used as template. 2/ since mid-2008 (?) GSL does include non integer Besel functions ... The Besel family has been revisted during summer 2009. Non integer orders have been added. Boundaries tests should be OK. Clean processing of input arrays dimensionning was take into account, with consequence on other functions like VOIGT, BETA ... (see examples in testsuite/test_MathFunctionsDim.pro and also bugs in IDL)