Re: [Plplot-devel] Example status

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

Here is the compare status as of revision 9212.

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f77
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f95
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java
   Missing examples            :  19
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octave
   Missing examples            :  19
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python
   Missing examples            :  19
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tcl
   Missing examples            :  19
   Differing postscript output :  11 13 15 16 20
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perl
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   Differing stdout            :  31
ada
   Missing examples            :  31
   Differing postscript output :  15 29
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   Differing stdout            :  23
ocaml
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   Differing postscript output :  15 29 31
   Missing stdout              :
   Differing stdout            :  31

I created this result with "make -j3 test" in the install tree which
is much faster than running the equivalent test using the "ctest" command
in the build tree if you have a multi-processor box.

This result represents a large improvement and extension of the example
implementations over the last few days mostly due to Andrew's efforts.

I assume the Ada and OCaml issues will be straightforward to
resolve because those languages have been perfect in the recent past.

Perl/PDL has also been perfect in the recent past and is almost perfect now.
The remaining perl stdout difference for example 31 should be resolved as
soon as some straightforward fixes that I have discussed off-list with Doug
are implemented for the external PDL::Graphics::PLplot module.

Andrew and I are currently investigating the PostScript differences for tcl
using ndiff. Some are just rounding, but others sometimes appear to be
something more depending on platform.

The remaining issues are due to example 19 and have historically been
difficult to resolve.

This extension to our testing framework for PLPlot now covers most of our
common API and should make it much easier to maintain PLPlot. I have written
a paragraph about that important step forward in README.release.

Alan
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Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca).

Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation
for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software
package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of
Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project
(lbproject.sf.net).
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