%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %W obsolete.tex GAP documentation Frank Lübeck %% %H @(#)$Id: obsolete.tex,v 4.1.2.1 2005/08/24 14:32:55 gap Exp $ %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \Chapter{Replaced and Removed Command Names} \index{obsolete} \index{deprecated} \index{legacy} In general we try to keep {\GAP}~4 compatible with former releases as much as possible. Nevertheless, from time to time it seems appropriate to remove some commands or to change the names of some commands or variables. There are various reasons for that: Some functionality was improved and got another (hopefully better) interface, names turned out to be too special or too general for the underlying functionality, or names are found to be unintuitive or inconsistent with other names. In this chapter we collect such old names while pointing to the sections which explain how to substitute them. Usually, old names will be available for several releases; they may be removed when they don't seem to be used any more. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \Section{Group Actions - Name Changes} \index{group operations} The concept of a group action is sometimes referred to as a ``group operation''. In {\GAP}~3 as well as in older versions of {\GAP}~4 the term `Operation' was used instead of `Action'. We decided to change the names to avoid confusion with the term ``operation'' as in `DeclareOperation' and ``Operations for Xyz''. Here are some examples of such name changes. \indextt{Operation} \indextt{RepresentativeOperation} \indextt{OperationHomomorphism} \indextt{FunctionOperation} \begintt OLD NOW USE Operation Action RepresentativeOperation RepresentativeAction OperationHomomorphism ActionHomomorphism FunctionOperation FunctionAction \endtt %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \Section{Package Interface - Obsolete Functions and Name Changes} With {\GAP}~4.4 the package interface was changed. Thereby some functions became obsolete and the names of some others were made more consistent. \indextt{DeclarePackage} \indextt{DeclareAutoPackage} \indextt{DeclarePackageDocumentation} \indextt{DeclarePackageAutoDocumentation} The following functions are no longer needed: `DeclarePackage', `DeclareAutoPackage', `DeclarePackageDocumentation' and `DeclarePackageAutoDocumentation'. They are substituted by entries in the `PackageInfo.g' files, see "Ext:The PackageInfo.g File". The following function names were changed. \indextt{RequirePackage} \indextt{ReadPkg} \indextt{RereadPkg} \indextt{CreateCompletionFilesPkg} \begintt OLD NOW USE RequirePackage LoadPackage ReadPkg ReadPackage RereadPkg RereadPackage CreateCompletionFilesPkg CreateCompletionFilesPackage \endtt %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \Section{Normal Forms of Integer Matrices - Name Changes} \index{Smith normal form} \index{Hermite normal form} Former versions of {\GAP}~4 documented several functions for computing the Smith or Hermite normal form of integer matrices. Some of them were never implemented and it was unclear which commands to use. The functionality of all of these commands is now available with `NormalFormIntMat' (see~"NormalFormIntMat") and a few interface functions. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \Section{Miscellaneous Name Changes or Removed Names} \indextt{QUIET} \indextt{BANNER} \indextt{GAPInfo} In former releases of {\GAP}~4 there were some global variable names bound to general information about the running {\GAP} (path names, command line options, ...). Although they were not officially documented they were used by several users and in some packages. We mention here `BANNER' and `QUIET'. This type of information is now collected in a record with name `GAPInfo' and will become documented after a test phase. Here are some further name changes. \indextt{MonomialTotalDegreeLess} \indextt{NormedVectors} \begintt OLD NOW USE MonomialTotalDegreeLess MonomialExtGrlexLess NormedVectors NormedRowVectors \endtt