[gnuastro-devel] [task #14317] New name for the Arithmetic program and library

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?14317>

                 Summary: New name for the Arithmetic program and library
                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities
            Submitted by: makhlaghi
            Submitted on: Sun 22 Jan 2017 02:32:44 AM JST
         Should Start On: Sun 22 Jan 2017 12:00:00 AM JST
   Should be Finished on: Sun 22 Jan 2017 12:00:00 AM JST
                Category: Arithmetic
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: Postponed
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

Initially the Arithmetic program (and now the `gal_arithmetic_*' library
functions) had a very limited number of operators (the arithmetic operators of
`+', `-', `*', and `/', and a few other useful ones. So the name "Arithmetic"
was meaningful. But now, it has many operators (all the operators in C,
including bitwise operators, many math functions and also type converters). 

You can see the full list of the "Arithmetic" operators in the
`gal_arithmetic_operators' enumerator of lib/gnuastro/arithmetic.h
<https://gitlab.com/makhlaghi/gnuastro/blob/datastruct/lib/gnuastro/arithmetic.h>
(currently on my development fork as part of task #14245).

So I think we should find a better name for this program, which is also a
verb, not a name. Something like "Operate" for example, but "Operate" doesn't
really sound/feel too good.

If anything comes to your mind, please share your thoughts on this task. The
name is very important and this program/library will by nature be used a lot.
So any ideas would be greatly appreciated.




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