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CppAD Changes and Additions During 2013
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mm-dd
*****

12-29
=====

#. The include file
   :ref:`cppad_eigen.hpp-name` now automatically includes ``cppad.hpp`` .
#. There was a problem with this automation
   when ``eigen`` was used for the cppad :ref:`testvector-name` .
   This has been fixed.
#. There was a problem with deprecated :ref:`configure-name`
   (created when optional implicit constructor from any type was added).
   This has been fixed by adding the
   ``--with-implicit_ctor`` option
   (later removed on :ref:`2017-02-10<whats_new_17@mm-dd@02-10>` .)

12-27
=====
The constructor from an arbitrary type to ``AD`` < *Base* > was
implicit, but there was no specification to this effect.
The caused problems when using CppAD with
:ref:`eigen 3.2<eigen-name>` (scheduled to be fixed in 3.3).
The default for this constructor has been changed to be
:ref:`ad_ctor@x@explicit` .
In addition, other
:ref:`ad_ctor@x@implicit` constructors
are now listed in the documentation.

If you get a compiler error on an constructor / assignment of the form

   ``AD`` < *Base* > ``x`` = *y*

(that used to work) try changing the constructor call to

   ``AD`` < *Base* >( *y*  )

A deprecated alternative is to make this constructor implicit using the
cmake ``cppad_deprecated``
option during the install procedure.

12-26
=====
Document fact that monthly versions
of the CppAD compressed tar file last till the end of the year.
This is no longer the case; see
:ref:`whats_new_18@mm-dd@05-20` in whats new for 2018.

12-24
=====
The interface to :ref:`eigen<cppad_eigen.hpp-name>` defined a function

   ``NumTraits< CppAD::AD<`` *Base* > >:: ``dummy_epsilon`` ()

that should have been named ``dummy_precision()`` .
This has been fixed.

11-27
=====

#. Fix bug when using :ref:`optimize-name` with an :ref:`ADFun-name` object containing
   the :ref:`sign-name` function.
#. Add ``atomic_two_norm_sq.cpp`` , an atomic function example
   with domain dimension two and range dimension one.

11-13
=====
It used to be that one had to define the ``std::set`` version of
:ref:`atomic_two_rev_sparse_jac-name` for each atomic function that was
part of an :ref:`ADFun-name` object that was :ref:`optimized<optimize-name>` .
Now the current
:ref:`atomic_two_option@atomic_sparsity` setting is used
to determine if the ``bool`` or ``std::set`` version of
``rev_sparse_jac`` is used by the optimization process.

11-12
=====
Error detection and reporting (when ``NDEBUG`` is not defined)
has been added for the following case:
Using :ref:`optimize-name`
with :ref:`atomic_two-name` functions that have not defined
:ref:`optimize@Atomic Functions@rev_sparse_jac` .

10-29
=====
The :ref:`optimization<CondExp@Optimize>`
now handles nested conditional expressions.
For example, give the code
::

   x = CondExpLt(left_x, right_x, true_x, false_x)
   y = CondExpGt(left_y, right_y, true_y, false_y)
   z = CondExpEq(left_z, right_z, x, y)

only two of the conditional expressions will be evaluated
(one will be skipped depending on the result of ``left_z == right_z`` ).
For more details, see :ref:`optimize_nest_conditional.cpp-name` .

10-23
=====

#. Fix a bug in the optimization of calls to :ref:`atomic-name` functions.
   This bug existed before recent change to optimizing conditional expressions.
   This required adding the
   :ref:`RevSparseJac@dependency` argument to the
   reverse Jacobian sparsity pattern calculation.
#. Fix the deprecated autotools install (see :ref:`configure-name` )
   which was broken by the changes on 10-22.
   To be specific, the
   example for :ref:`number_skip-name` was not being included.

10-22
=====

#. Add :ref:`optimization<optimize-name>` of conditional expressions; see
   :ref:`CondExp<CondExp@Optimize>` .
#. Add a phantom argument at the beginning of the operations sequence;
   :ref:`fun_property@size_op_arg` and :ref:`fun_property.cpp-name` .
   (This helps with the optimization mentioned above.)
#. Add the function :ref:`number_skip-name` to measure how much optimization
   of the conditional expressions there is.

10-16
=====
Fix bug in :ref:`wish_list@Tracing` :ref:`atomic-name` functions.

10-15
=====
The documentation for the class
:ref:`CppAD_vector@vectorBool` was improved.

10-14
=====
The script :ref:`get_adolc.sh-name` was added
(for downloading and installing
`ADOL-C <https://projects.coin-or.org/ADOL-C>`_) in the
``build`` directory.
Note that this local install of Adolc requires ColPack; see
:ref:`get_colpack.sh-name` .
In addition, the requirement that ColPack and Adolc are installed
with the same prefix was added.

10-13
=====
Make sure that all of the
:ref:`preprocessor-name` symbols
that are not part of the CppAD API, are undefined when the
``<cppad/cppad.hpp>`` file concludes.

10-12
=====

#. Change :ref:`get_eigen.sh-name` so that it will reuse install information
   when it is present.
   In addition document reuse for
   :ref:`get_eigen.sh-name` ,
   :ref:`get_ipopt.sh-name` , and
   :ref:`get_sacado.sh-name` .
#. Fix following ``g++`` error on OSX system:
   ::

      error: no match for 'operator|=' (operand types are
      'std::vector<bool>::reference {aka std::_Bit_reference}' and 'bool')
      Check[i * n + j] |= F2[i * n + k] & r[ k * n + j];
      ^

09-20
=====

#. Add lines for :ref:`atomic_two-name` function documentation
   to both the definition and use of each operation.
   This required adding sub-headings in the example usages
   corresponding to the function documentation sections.
   For example; see
   atomic forward examples.
#. Improve the documentation for :ref:`atomic_two_clear-name`
   and remove its use from the
   :ref:`atomic_base examples<atomic_two@Examples>`
   (because it is not needed).

09-19
=====
Add links from the :ref:`atomic_two-name` functions documentation
to the corresponding examples.
This required adding headings in the examples that
correspond to the function documentation sections.
For example; see
atomic forward examples.

09-18
=====

#. A segmentation fault would occur if
   an :ref:`ADFun-name` object used an :ref:`atomic-name`
   function that had been deleted.
   This has been fixed so that when ``NDEBUG`` is not defined,
   an error message is generated.
#. A mistake in the documentation for
   :ref:`CppAD_vector@Memory and Parallel Mode`
   has been fixed.
   This corresponds to the change in the specifications for
   :ref:`CppAD::vector::resize<CppAD_vector@resize>` made on
   :ref:`2012-07-30<whats_new_12@mm-dd@07-30>`
#. There was a bug during the
   :ref:`checking for nan<check_for_nan-name>` during
   :ref:`reverse-name` mode.
   This has been fixed.
#. It appears, from inspecting the Ipopt source file
   ``Ipopt/src/Algorithm/IpIpoptAlg.cpp`` that the option ``sb``
   to ``yes`` suppress the printing of the Ipopt banner.
   The Ipopt examples and tests have been changed to use this option
   (although it is not in the ipopt documentation).
#. Fix the a typo in the documentation for ``ipopt_solve``
   :ref:`ipopt_solve@options@Integer` options
   (``Numeric`` was changed to ``Integer`` ).

09-07
=====
There was a bug in the cumulative sum operator
(which is used by :ref:`optimize-name` )
for :ref:`Forward-name` orders greater than zero.
This was detected by the :ref:`checkpoint<chkpoint_one-name>` tests
when ``optimize`` was used to make the
checkpoint functions faster.
The bug has been fixed and the checkpoint functions now use
optimize (and hence should be faster).

08-12
=====

#. The ability to turn on and off checking for :ref:`nan-name` in
   :ref:`Forward-name` mode results has been added; see :ref:`check_for_nan-name` .
#. Use this option to remove the need to handel ``nan`` as a special
   case in :ref:`checkpoint<chkpoint_one-name>` functions that
   :ref:`optimize@Atomic Functions` in within
   another function is optimized.
#. Check :ref:`reverse<reverse_any-name>`  mode results when
   :ref:`check_for_nan-name` is true.
   (It used to be the case that only :ref:`forward<forward_order-name>` results
   were checked for ``nan`` .)

08-11
=====
If an :ref:`atomic-name` function had arguments that did not affect
the final dependent variables in *f* ,
:ref:`f.optimize()<optimize-name>` would fail.
This has been fixed.
In addition, documentation about using ``optimize``
with :ref:`optimize@Atomic Functions` has been added.

08-06
=====
Fix a case where the test ``test_more/num_limits.cpp`` failed because
::

   double inf   = std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity();
   double check = std::complex<double>(inf) / std::complex<float>(1.)

can result in the imaginary part of ``check`` being ``- nan`` .

07-26
=====
Allow for use of ``const::string&`` as a possible type for
:ref:`atomic_two_ctor@atomic_base@name` in the ``atomic_base``
constructor.

05-28
=====
Remove *ok* return flag from
:ref:`checkpoint algo<chkpoint_one@algo>`
and
:ref:`checkpoint atom_fun<chkpoint_one@atom_fun>` .

05-21
=====

#. Deprecate the :ref:`atomic_one-name` interface and replace it by the
   :ref:`atomic_two-name` and :ref:`checkpoint<chkpoint_one-name>` interfaces.
#. There was a problem with the :ref:`cmake-name` command
   if the :ref:`cmake@cppad_cxx_flags` was not specified.
   This has been fixed.

05-17
=====

#. Add the :ref:`ForSparseJac@transpose` option to
   :ref:`ForSparseJac-name` .
#. Add the :ref:`RevSparseHes@transpose` option to
   :ref:`RevSparseHes-name` .

05-15
=====
Change :ref:`RevSparseJac-name` parameter names to be closer to the
:ref:`ForSparseJac-name` names so the difference is clearer.

05-14
=====

#. The :ref:`checkpoint<chkpoint_one-name>` class has been added.
   This is a much easier way to do checkpointing than the
   old checkpoint example.
   The old checkpointing example is now the :ref:`rev_checkpoint.cpp-name` example.
#. Fix bug in :ref:`RevSparseJac-name` for case when :ref:`RevSparseJac@q`
   was not equal to *m* (range dimension) and sparsity pattern was a
   vector of ``bool`` .
#. Add the :ref:`RevSparseJac@transpose` option to
   :ref:`RevSparseJac-name` .

05-12
=====
The sparse hessian example in old_reciprocal.cpp was not
being run. This has been fixed.

05-11
=====
The :ref:`atomic_one-name` examples
names were all changed to begin with ``user`` .

05-04
=====
The option to compute
:ref:`forward_order@xq@Multiple Orders` was added.
The old_usead_2.cpp example shows the need for this.
The problem is that a new atomic function interface needs to be designed
with checkpointing as a particular application.
Multiple order forward mode is the first step in this direction.

04-28
=====

#. The scripts :ref:`get_eigen.sh-name` and :ref:`get_sacado.sh-name` were added.
   If you are using Unix, and you do not have
   `Eigen <http://eigen.tuxfamily.org>`_ or
   `Sacado <http://trilinos.sandia.gov/packages/sacado>`_
   installed on your system, you can use the corresponding script
   to download and install a local copy for use when testing CppAD.
#. The code ``std::cout <<`` *X* ,
   would generate a compile error when *X* was an Eigen matrix
   with ``CppAD::AD<`` *Base* > elements.
   This has been fixed.

04-27
=====
There was a problem using the output operator ``<<`` with
and :ref:`eigen<cppad_eigen.hpp-name>` matrix of ``AD`` elements.
This has been fixed using a template partial specialization of
::

   template <class Scalar, bool IsInteger>
   struct significant_decimals_default_impl

because the original template requires definition of a implicit conversion
from the scalar type to an ``int`` and this is dangerous for AD types
(note that :ref:`Integer-name` is used for explicit conversions).

04-26
=====

#. The example old_usead_2.cpp was completed.
   This is a more realistic, but also more complicated, example of
   using AD to computed derivatives inside an atomic function.
#. The script :ref:`get_fadbad.sh-name` has been added.
   If you are using Unix, and you do not have
   `FADBAD <http://www.fadbad.com>`_
   installed on your system, you can use this script
   to download and install a local copy for use when testing CppAD.

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