Re: Deprecated Basis Splines functions

[Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate]

> and I don't seem to be able to find the documentation for gsl < 2.8 ...

Andrew, documentation for GSL 2.4 through 2.7 is available from archive.org.
Will this be sufficient, or do you need an older version of the
documentation?


On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM Patrick Alken <alken@colorado.edu> wrote:

> Hello, those functions should still be available in version 2.8, but as
> you note they are marked for deprecation in future releases.
>
> Are you not able to use those functions in 2.8?
>
> On 7/5/24 10:39, Andrew Forembski via Users list for GNU Scientific
> Library (GSL) help wrote:
> > [External email - use caution]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Up until the release of gsl 2.8 I was using the functions:
> > gsl_bspline_eval_nonzero(...)
> > gsl_bspline_deriv_eval_nonzero(...)
> >
> > to evaluate B-splines functions and their derivatives at specific points
> > along an axis in my program.
> > These functions seem to have been removed as of gsl 2.8, I have been able
> > to replace them with:
> > gsl_bspline_basis(...)
> > gsl_bspline_basis_deriv(...)
> >
> > My issue is that there seems to be no note on deprecated functions in the
> > 2.8 documentation and I don't seem to be able to find the documentation
> for
> > gsl < 2.8.
> > Are the functions gsl_bspline_basis and gsl_bspline_basis_deriv available
> > in earlier versions?
> > I'm asking this because I'm trying to keep my code portable and would
> > ideally prefer not requiring gsl to be updated to 2.8 as some users may
> be
> > on systems where this has to be done manually.
> >
> > Would you have any suggestions regarding this problem?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Andrew
> >
> > *Andrew Forembski*
> > Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar GOIPG/2018/1070
> > Web: http://www.research.ie/
> > @IrishResearch
> > Séanadh Ríomhphoist/_
>