RE: In other cases I have been able to see Compatibilty Guide pages
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- Subject: [mg77623] RE: [mg77529] In other cases I have been able to see Compatibilty Guide pages
- From: José Luis Gómez-Muñoz <jose.luis.gomez at itesm.mx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:18:41 -0400 (EDT)
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In other cases (different from IntervalRoots) there is a Compatibility Guide For example execute Needs["Geometry`Rotations`"] Then you get the message about the Compatibility Guide, AND IN THIS CASE the message finishes with symbol >>. If you click the symbol >> then the documentation center will open the Compatibility Guide for Rotations, which can be distinguished from other documentation center pages because it uses green colors. Unfortunately, the symbol >> does Not appear in the same message for IntervalRoots. Maybe they have not crated that specific compatibility page, or maybe they forgot to link it. Regards! Jose -----Mensaje original----- De: Sseziwa Mukasa [mailto:mukasa at jeol.com] Enviado el: Mi=E9rcoles, 13 de Junio de 2007 06:26 a.m. Para: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Asunto: [mg77566] Re: [mg77529] What is the compatibility guide? On Jun 12, 2007, at 1:20 AM, Andrew Moylan wrote: > Sometimes Mathematica advises me to look in the compatibility guide: > > "NumericalMath`IntervalRoots` is now obsolete. The legacy version > being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica functionality. See > the Compatibility Guide for updating information." > > What is this compatibility guide? Needless to say, the new help system > is of no use in locating it... There is no "Compatibility Guide" and I wish the documentation didn't refer to it. As far as I can tell whenever I get that warning the package or function I am using has been superseded by another in version 6 but it's not trivial to find the replacement. In this case after two false starts, I started looking at the documentation of FindRoot since that's related to the function in NumericalMath`IntervalRoots`, in the See Also section I noticed a function named RootIntervals but it doesn't seem as general as the functions in IntervalRoots since it only works on polynomials. Perhaps IntervalRoots is using functions internally that have been superseded by others and hasn't been updated yet, so the message is essentially harmless. Regards, Ssezi
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- What is the compatibility guide?
- From: Andrew Moylan <andrew.j.moylan@gmail.com>
- Re: What is the compatibility guide?
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa@jeol.com>
- What is the compatibility guide?