PDL-2.017

Changes for version v2.017 - 2016-10-08

General Notes:
- This is version 2.017 of the Perl Data Language,
- Bugs fixed:
  - 379 Passing qsort an extra argument causes a segfault 393 Tests may fail if perl is compiled with -Duselongdouble 409 PDL demos with PGPLOT display ignore $ENV{PGPLOT_DEV} 413 PDL::Core::Dev::pdlpp_postamble() cannot handle .pd files in subdirectories 419 t/#pdl_from_string.t fails on long double systems 421 PDL::IO::FITS can't handle 64-bit integers (longlong, indx) 422 PDL misc. compiler warnings. 423 wcols FORMAT option always incorrectly gives error 424 Calling PDL on a list of piddles fails to propogate bad values 425 svd is broken for everything but 2x2 matrices
  - Typo in PDL::GSLSF::COUPLING routine gsl_sf_coupling_6j
- Highlights:
- Several patches contributed from the Debian team have been applied that fix documentation spelling errors, make PDL builds more reproducible, and will make packaging PDL easier.
- More helpful error message when multi-element PDL is used in a boolean expression (feature request #84)
- Improve argument size handling and documentation for rle (feature request #80)
- One can now use $pdlc = pdl($pdla,$pdlb) when $pdla and/or $pdlb have BAD values and the BAD values will propagate to $pdlc. Previously this would only work with a copy of a single piddle (e.g., $pdlc = pdl($pdla) ) or with 'cat'.
- Many changes have been made to make PDL compile more cleanly and emit fewer compiler warnings.
- Quiet printf format warning for sizeof()
- Deprecate finite in favor of isfinite.
- Many cleanups and additions to the test suite to use Test::More and to add meaningful test descriptions.
- Added subtests to primitive.t
- Add PDL::Doc::add_module to pdlpp_postamble

Documentation

pptemplate

script to generate Makefile.PL and PP file skeleton

PDL::API

making piddles from Perl and C/XS code

PDL::BadValues

Discussion of bad value support in PDL

PDL::Course

A journey through PDL's documentation, from beginner to advanced.

PDL::Dataflow

description of the dataflow philosophy

PDL::Delta

PDL changes between V1.0 and V2.0

PDL::FAQ

Frequently asked questions about PDL

PDL::Index

an index of PDL documentation

PDL::Indexing

Introduction to indexing and slicing piddles.

PDL::Internals

description of some aspects of the current internals

PDL::MATLAB

A guide for MATLAB users.

PDL::Modules

A guide to PDL's module reference.

PDL::Objects

Object-Orientation, what is it and how to exploit it

PDL::PP

Generate PDL routines from concise descriptions

PDL::ParallelCPU

Parallel Processor MultiThreading Support in PDL (Experimental)

PDL::Philosophy

Why did we write PDL?

PDL::QuickStart

Quick introduction to PDL features.

PDL::Scilab

A guide for Scilab users.

PDL::Threading

Tutorial for PDL's Threading feature

PDL::Tips

Small tidbits of useful arcana. Programming tidbits and such.

PDL::Tutorials

A guide to PDL's tutorial documentation.

PDL::Bugs

How to diagnose and report PDL problems

pdlfunc

Functions in the PDL distribution

PDL::Index

an index of PDL documentation

PDL::IO

An overview of the modules in the PDL::IO namespace.

PDLdb.pl

the perl debugger with PDL support

pdl2

Simple shell (version 2) for PDL

dh_pdl

calculates pdl dependencies

pdldoc

shell interface to PDL documentation

perldl

Simple shell for PDL (see also pdl2)

Modules

PDL::AutoLoader

MatLab style AutoLoader for PDL

PDL::Constants

basic compile time constants for PDL

PDL::Basic

Basic utility functions for PDL

PDL::Char

PDL subclass which allows reading and writing of fixed-length character strings as byte PDLs

PDL::Core

fundamental PDL functionality and vectorization/threading

PDL::Dbg

functions to support debugging of PDL scripts

PDL::Core::Dev

PDL development module

PDL::Exporter

PDL export control

PDL::Install::Files

Module for use by ExtUtils::Depends and Inline

PDL::Types

define fundamental PDL Datatypes

Inline::Pdlpp

Write PDL Subroutines inline with PDL::PP

PDL::PP::Signature

Internal module to handle signatures

PDL::Lite

minimum PDL module OO loader

PDL::LiteF

minimum PDL module function loader

PDL::Lvalue

declare PDL lvalue subs

PDL::Matrix

a convenience matrix class for column-major access

PDL::Options

simplifies option passing by hash in PerlDL

PDL

the Perl Data Language

PDL::Reduce

a reduce function for PDL

PDL::NiceSlice

toward a nicer slicing syntax for PDL

PDL::Demos::Prima

PDL demo for PDL::Graphics::Prima

PDL::Doc

support for PDL online documentation

PDL::Doc::Perldl

commands for accessing PDL doc database from 'perldl' shell

PDL::MyInlineMod

a simple PDL module containing inlined Pdlpp code

PDL::Bad

PDL does process bad values

PDL::Complex

handle complex numbers

PDL::Compression

compression utilities

PDL::FFT

FFTs for PDL

PDL::Fit::Gaussian

routines for fitting gaussians

PDL::GIS::Proj

PDL interface to the Proj4 projection library.

PDL::GSL::DIFF

PDL interface to numerical differentiation routines in GSL

PDL::GSL::INTEG

PDL interface to numerical integration routines in GSL

PDL::GSL::INTERP

PDL interface to Interpolation routines in GSL

PDL::GSL::MROOT

PDL interface to multidimensional root-finding routines in GSL

PDL::GSL::RNG

PDL interface to RNG and randist routines in GSL

PDL::GSLSF::AIRY

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::BESSEL

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::CLAUSEN

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::COULOMB

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::COUPLING

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::DAWSON

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::DEBYE

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::DILOG

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::ELEMENTARY

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::ELLINT

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::ELLJAC

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::ERF

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::EXP

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::EXPINT

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::FERMI_DIRAC

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::GAMMA

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::GEGENBAUER

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::HYPERG

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::LAGUERRE

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::LEGENDRE

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::LOG

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::POLY

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::POW_INT

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::PSI

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::SYNCHROTRON

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::TRANSPORT

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::TRIG

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::GSLSF::ZETA

PDL interface to GSL Special Functions

PDL::Graphics::IIS

Display PDL images on IIS devices (saoimage/ximtool)

PDL::Graphics::OpenGLQ

quick routines to plot lots of stuff from piddles.

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Rout

Helper routines for Three-dimensional graphics

PDL::IO::Browser

2D data browser for PDL

PDL::IO::GD

Interface to the GD image library.

PDL::IO::HDF

An interface library for HDF4 files.

PDL::IO::HDF::SD

PDL interface to the HDF4 SD library.

PDL::IO::Misc

misc IO routines for PDL

PDL::IO::Pnm

pnm format I/O for PDL

PDL::IO::Storable

helper functions to make PDL usable with Storable

PDL::Image2D

Miscellaneous 2D image processing functions

PDL::ImageND

useful image processing in N dimensions

PDL::ImageRGB

some utility functions for RGB image data handling

PDL::Math

extended mathematical operations and special functions

PDL::MatrixOps

Some Useful Matrix Operations

PDL::Minuit

a PDL interface to the Minuit library

PDL::Ops

Fundamental mathematical operators

PDL::Primitive

primitive operations for pdl

PDL::Slatec

PDL interface to the slatec numerical programming library

PDL::Slices

Indexing, slicing, and dicing

PDL::Transform

Coordinate transforms, image warping, and N-D functions

PDL::Transform::Proj4

PDL::Transform interface to the Proj4 projection library

PDL::Ufunc

primitive ufunc operations for pdl

PDL::Graphics2D

An object oriented interface to PDL graphics

PDL::Graphics::LUT

provides access to a number of look-up tables

PDL::Graphics::Limits

derive limits for display purposes

PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT

PGPLOT enhanced interface for PDL

PDL::Graphics::PGPLOTOptions

Setting PGPLOT options

PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window

A OO interface to PGPLOT windows

PDL::Graphics::State

A package to keep track of plotting commands

PDL::Graphics::OpenGL::Perl::OpenGL

PDL TriD OpenGL interface using POGL

PDL::Graphics::TriD

PDL 3D interface

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ButtonControl

default event handler subroutines

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Contours

3D Surface contours for TriD

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Labels

Text tools

PDL::Graphics::TriD::MathGraph

Mathematical Graph objects for PDL

PDL::Graphics::TriD::GObject

Simple Graph Objects for TriD

PDL::Graphics::TriD::VRML

TriD VRML backend

PDL::IO::Dicom

a module for reading DICOM images.

PDL::IO::Dumper

data dumping for structs with PDLs

PDL::IO::FITS

Simple FITS support for PDL

PDL::IO::FastRaw

A simple, fast and convenient io format for PerlDL.

PDL::IO::FlexRaw

A flexible binary I/O format for PerlDL

PDL::IO::HDF

A PDL interface to the HDF4 library.

PDL::IO::IDL

I/O of IDL Save Files

PDL::IO::Pic

image I/O for PDL

PDL::CallExt

call functions in external shared libraries

PDL::DiskCache

Non-memory-resident array object

PDL::Filter::LinPred

Linear predictive filtering

PDL::Filter::Linear

linear filtering for PDL

PDL::Fit::LM

Levenberg-Marquardt fitting routine for PDL

PDL::Fit::Linfit

routines for fitting data with linear combinations of functions.

PDL::Fit::Polynomial

routines for fitting with polynomials

PDL::Func

interpolation, integration, & gradient estimation (differentiation) of functions

PDL::Interpolate

provide a consistent interface to the interpolation routines available in PDL

PDL::Interpolate::Slatec

simple interface to SLATEC interpolation routines

PDL::Opt::Simplex

Simplex optimization routines

PDL::Transform::Cartography

Useful cartographic projections

PDL::Perldl2::Plugin::CleanErrors

filter out Moose cruft

PDL::Perldl2::Plugin::NiceSlice

enable PDL NiceSlice syntax

PDL::Perldl2::Plugin::PDLCommands

implement perldl aliases/escapes

PDL::Perldl2::Plugin::PrintControl

disable default print output

PDL::Perldl2::Profile::Perldl2

profile for Perldl2 shell

Provides

C::StructObj

in Basic/Gen/PP/Struct.pm

C::StructType

in Basic/Gen/PP/Struct.pm

C::Type

in Basic/Gen/PP/CType.pm

C::Var

in Basic/Gen/PP/Var.pm

Inline::MakePdlppInstallable

in Basic/Gen/Inline/MakePdlppInstallable.pm

PDL

in Basic/Core/Core.pm

PDL

in Basic/Core/Dbg.pm

PDL

in Basic/Lvalue.pm

PDL

in GENERATED/PDL/Complex.pm

PDL

in GENERATED/PDL/IO/Storable.pm

PDL::Bench

in Example/Benchmark/Bench.pm

PDL::Demos::BAD2_demo

in Demos/BAD2_demo.pm.PL

PDL::Demos::BAD_demo

in Demos/BAD_demo.pm.PL

PDL::Demos::Cartography_demo

in Demos/Cartography_demo.pm

PDL::Demos::General

in Demos/General.pm

PDL::Demos::Gnuplot_demo

in Demos/Gnuplot_demo.pm

PDL::Demos::PGPLOT_OO_demo

in Demos/PGPLOT_OO_demo.pm

PDL::Demos::PGPLOT_demo

in Demos/PGPLOT_demo.pm

PDL::Demos::Routines

in Demos/Screen.pm

PDL::Demos::Transform_demo

in Demos/Transform_demo.pm

PDL::Demos::TriD1

in Demos/TriD1.pm

PDL::Demos::TriD2

in Demos/TriD2.pm

PDL::Demos::TriDGallery

in Demos/TriDGallery.pm

PDL::Doc::Config

in Doc/Doc/Config.pm.PL

PDL::Filter::Gaussian

in Lib/Filter/Linear.pm

PDL::Filter::LinSmooth

in Lib/Filter/LinPred.pm

PDL::Filter::SavGol

in Lib/Filter/Linear.pm

PDL::GraphEvolver

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/MathGraph.pm

PDL::GraphEvolverOLD

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/MathGraph.pm

PDL::Graphics::Limits::DSet

in Graphics/Limits/Limits.pm

PDL::Graphics::OpenGL::OO

in Graphics/TriD/POGL/OpenGL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Mesh.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ArcBall

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/ArcBall.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ArcBowl

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/ArcBall.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ArcCone

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/ArcBall.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Basic

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::BoundingBox

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ContourPolygonize

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Polygonize.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Control3D

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Control3D.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::CylindricalEquidistantAxes

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Graph.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Description

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/TextObjects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::EuclidAxes

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Graph.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::EventHandler

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/GL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::GL::Window

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/OOGL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::GObject_Lattice

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::GPObject

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::GoBoard

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/GoBoard.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Graph

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Graph.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Image

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Image.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Lattice

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::LineStrip

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Lines

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::LinesFOOOLD

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Lines.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Logo

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Logo.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Material

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Mesh

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Mesh.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::OOGL

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/OOGL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Object

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/OOGL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Object

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Object.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::OneTransformation

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Points

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::PolarStereoAxes

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Graph.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Polygonize

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Polygonize.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::QuaterController

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/ArcBall.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Quaternion

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Quaternion.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::SCLattice

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::SLattice

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::SLattice_S

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::STrigrid

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::STrigrid_S

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Scale

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ScaleController

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/SimpleScaler.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::SimpleController

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Control3D.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::SimpleScaler

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/SimpleScaler.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Spheres

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Objects.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::StupidPolygonize

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Polygonize.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Surface

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Surface.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Transformation

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Translation

in Graphics/TriD/TriD.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::VRML::Parameter

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::VRML::URL

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::VRMLObject

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ViewPort

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/GL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ViewPort

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::ViewPort

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/ViewPort.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Window

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/GL.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Window

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::TriD::Window

in Graphics/TriD/TriD/Window.pm

PDL::Graphics::VRML

in Graphics/TriD/VRML/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::VRML::Protos

in Graphics/TriD/VRML/VRML/Protos.pm

PDL::Graphics::VRMLNode

in Graphics/TriD/VRML/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::VRMLPdlNode

in Graphics/TriD/VRML/VRML.pm

PDL::Graphics::VRMLProto

in Graphics/TriD/VRML/VRML.pm

PDL::PP

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Access

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::BackCodeThreadLoop

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::BadAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::BadSwitch

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::BadVarAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::Block

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::Code

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::ComplexThreadLoop

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::GenericLoop

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::GentypeAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::Ind

in Basic/Gen/PP/Dims.pm

PDL::PP::Loop

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::MacroAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::NaNSupport

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::OtherAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::PDLStateBadAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::PPBadAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::PdlAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::PdlDimsObj

in Basic/Gen/PP/Dims.pm

PDL::PP::PdlParObj

in Basic/Gen/PP/PdlParObj.pm

PDL::PP::PhysPointerAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::PointerAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::ReSizeAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::Rule

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Croak

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::InsertName

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::MakeComp

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Returns

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Returns::EmptyString

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Returns::NULL

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Returns::One

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Returns::Zero

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Substitute

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::Rule::Substitute::Usual

in Basic/Gen/PP.pm

PDL::PP::SimpleThreadLoop

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::SizeAccess

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::ThreadLoop

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::TypeConv

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::PP::Types

in Basic/Gen/PP/PDLCode.pm

PDL::Perldl2::Script

in Perldl2/Script.pm

PDL::PodParser

in Doc/Doc.pm

PDL::Transform::Composition

in GENERATED/PDL/Transform.pm

PDL::Transform::Linear

in GENERATED/PDL/Transform.pm

PDL::Transform::Proj4::aea