Update state of obsolete stuff

gap-system · Nov 1, 2018 · b9fc92b · b9fc92b
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diff --git a/lib/obsolete.gd b/lib/obsolete.gd
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ end );
 ##
 ## Moved to obsoletes in May 2003.
 ##
-## not used in any redistributed package (01/2016)
+## Not used in any redistributed package (01/2016)
 #DeclareGlobalFunction( "DiagonalizeIntMatNormDriven" );
 
 
@@ -185,43 +185,43 @@ end );
 ##
 
 #BindGlobal( "DeclarePackage", Ignore );
-# 09/2018: not used in any redistributed package
+# 09/2018: Not used in any redistributed package
 
 #BindGlobal( "DeclareAutoPackage", Ignore );
-# 06/2018: not used in any redistributed package
+# 06/2018: Not used in any redistributed package
 
 #BindGlobal( "DeclarePackageAutoDocumentation", Ignore );
-# 09/2018: not used in any redistributed package
+# 09/2018: Not used in any redistributed package
 
 #BindGlobal( "DeclarePackageDocumentation", Ignore );
-# 03/2018: not used in any redistributed package
+# 03/2018: Not used in any redistributed package
 
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "ReadPkg", "ReadPackage" );
-# 06/2018: still used in automgrp, Hap (HapCocyclic), modisom
-# safely used in GAP3 compatibility code: ctbllib, quagroup, singular (09/2018)
+# 11/2018: still used in Hap (HapCocyclic)
+# safely used in GAP3 compatibility code: ctbllib, quagroup (09/2018)
 
-DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "RequirePackage", "LoadPackage" );
+#DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "RequirePackage", "LoadPackage" );
 # 09/2018: not used in "general" code in any redistributed package
-# used in documentation or for generating it: edim, hecke, repsn, singular (09/2018)
-# safely used in GAP3 compatibility code: ctbllib, singular (09/2018)
+# used in documentation or for generating it: edim, repsn (11/2018)
+# safely used in GAP3 compatibility code: ctbllib (09/2018)
 
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
-#V KERNEL_VERSION - not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
-#V VERSION - still used by HAP, singular (06/2018)
-#V GAP_ARCHITECTURE - still used by gbnp, singular (03/2018)
-#V GAP_ROOT_PATHS - not used in any redistributed package (03/2018)
-#V DEBUG_LOADING - still used by the GAP kernel itself (11/2017)
-#V BANNER - still used by loops, quagroup (09/2018)
-#V QUIET - still used by loops, quagroup (09/2018)
-#V LOADED_PACKAGES - not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
+#V KERNEL_VERSION - Not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
+#V VERSION - Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+#V GAP_ARCHITECTURE - still used in gbnp (11/2018)
+#V GAP_ROOT_PATHS - Not used in any redistributed package (03/2018)
+#V DEBUG_LOADING - still used in the GAP kernel itself (11/2017)
+#V BANNER - still used in loops, quagroup (11/2018)
+#V QUIET - still used in loops, quagroup (11/2018)
+#V LOADED_PACKAGES - Not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
 ##
 ## Up to GAP 4.3,
 ## these global variables were used instead of the record `GAPInfo'.
 ##
 #BindGlobal( "KERNEL_VERSION", GAPInfo.KernelVersion );
-BindGlobal( "VERSION", GAPInfo.Version );
+#BindGlobal( "VERSION", GAPInfo.Version );
 BindGlobal( "GAP_ARCHITECTURE", GAPInfo.Architecture );
 #BindGlobal( "GAP_ROOT_PATHS", GAPInfo.RootPaths );
 BindGlobal( "DEBUG_LOADING", GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.D );
@@ -231,15 +231,14 @@ BindGlobal( "QUIET", GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.q );
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
-#V PACKAGES_VERSIONS - not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
-#V Revision - still used by HAPcryst, pargap, polymaking, rds,
-#V singular, tomlib (03/2018)
+#V PACKAGES_VERSIONS - Not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
+#V Revision - still used in HAPcryst, polymaking, rds (11/2018)
 #BindGlobal( "PACKAGES_VERSIONS", rec() );
 BindGlobal( "Revision", rec() );
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
-#V TRANSDEGREES - not used in any redistributed package (09/2018)
+#V TRANSDEGREES
 ##
 ## This variable was used by the GAP Transitive Groups Library before it
 ## became a separate TransGrp package. It denoted the maximal degree of
@@ -254,14 +253,16 @@ BindGlobal( "Revision", rec() );
 ## representatives for all transitive permutation groups of degree at
 ## most 47, with degree 32 needing to be downloaded separately.
 ##
+## Still used in ctbllib (11/2018)
 BindGlobal( "TRANSDEGREES", 30 );
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
 #A NormedVectors( <V> )
 ##
 ## Moved to obsoletes in May 2003. 
-## Still used in ctbllib, matgrp (06/2018)
+## Still used in matgrp (11/2018)
+## used in documentation or for generating it: ctbllib (11/2018)
 ##
 DeclareObsoleteSynonymAttr( "NormedVectors", "NormedRowVectors" );
 
@@ -298,8 +299,9 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonymAttr( "NormedVectors", "NormedRowVectors" );
 ## Its functionality became documented under the more suitable name
 ## 'CharacterValueWreathSymmetric' in GAP 4.10.
 ##
-DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "CharValueWreathSymmetric",
- "CharacterValueWreathSymmetric" );
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+#DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "CharValueWreathSymmetric",
+# "CharacterValueWreathSymmetric" );
 
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -311,8 +313,7 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "CharValueWreathSymmetric",
 ## for attributes.)
 ## 
 ## Moved to obsolete in Dec 2007.
-## Still used in ctbllib, gbnp. (03/2018)
-##
+## Still used in ctbllib, gbnp (11/2018)
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "FormattedString", "String" );
 
 
@@ -322,16 +323,13 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "FormattedString", "String" );
 ## The following names should be still available and regarded as obsolescent
 ## in GAP 4.5, and should be removed in GAP 4.6.
 ##
-#F IsTuple( ... ) - not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
-#F Tuple( ... ) - still used by groupoids, modisom, numericalsgps (09/2018)
+#F IsTuple( ... ) - Not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
+#F Tuple( ... ) - still used in numericalsgps (11/2018)
 ##
 #DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "IsTuple", "IsDirectProductElement" );
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "Tuple", "DirectProductElement" );
 
-## from GAPs "classical" random number generator:
 
-# Outdated, but kept since they were documented for a long time.
-# Moved to obsoletes in May 2010.
 #############################################################################
 ##
 #F StateRandom()
@@ -392,11 +390,12 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "Tuple", "DirectProductElement" );
 
 # synonym formerly declared in factgrp.gd.
 # Moved to obsoletes in October 2011
-# not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
+# Not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
 #DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "FactorCosetOperation", "FactorCosetAction" );
 
 # synonym retained for backwards compatibility with GAP 4.4.
-# Moved to obsoletes in April 2012. Still used by hap (03/2018)
+# Moved to obsoletes in April 2012.
+# Still used in hap (11/2018)
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "Complementclasses", "ComplementClassesRepresentatives" );
 
 
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "Complementclasses", "ComplementClassesRepresentatives"
 ## </Description>
 ## </ManSection>
 ##
-## not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2017)
 #DeclareOperation( "ShrinkCoeffs", [ IsMutable and IsList ] );
 
 
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "Complementclasses", "ComplementClassesRepresentatives"
 ##
 ## was supported until GAP 4.4, obsolescent in GAP 4.5.
 ##
-## not used in any redistributed package (01/2016)
+## Not used in any redistributed package (01/2016)
 # BindGlobal( "ExcludeFromAutoload", function( arg )
 # Info( InfoWarning, 1,
 # "the function `ExcludeFromAutoload' is not supported anymore,\n",
@@ -442,11 +441,12 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "Complementclasses", "ComplementClassesRepresentatives"
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
-#V POST_RESTORE_FUNCS - still used by grape (09/2018)
+#V POST_RESTORE_FUNCS
 ##
 ## were supported until GAP 4.4, obsolescent in GAP 4.5.
 ##
-POST_RESTORE_FUNCS:= GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs;
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+#POST_RESTORE_FUNCS:= GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs;
 
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ POST_RESTORE_FUNCS:= GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs;
 ## </Description>
 ## </ManSection>
 ##
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+## Still used in the GAP library (11/2018)
 DeclareOperation( "TeXObj", [ IS_OBJECT ] );
 
 
@@ -479,6 +481,8 @@ DeclareOperation( "TeXObj", [ IS_OBJECT ] );
 ## </Description>
 ## </ManSection>
 ##
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+## Still used in the GAP library (11/2018)
 DeclareOperation( "LaTeXObj", [ IS_OBJECT ] );
 
 
@@ -504,7 +508,7 @@ DeclareOperation( "LaTeXObj", [ IS_OBJECT ] );
 ## In GAP 4.5, one can use the function `CharacterTableWithStoredGroup'
 ## instead of `ConnectGroupAndCharacterTable'.
 ##
-## not used in any redistributed package (01/2016)
+## Not used in any redistributed package (01/2016)
 #DeclareGlobalFunction( "ConnectGroupAndCharacterTable" );
 
 
@@ -526,8 +530,8 @@ DeclareOperation( "LaTeXObj", [ IS_OBJECT ] );
 ## </ManSection>
 ## <#/GAPDoc>
 ##
-## still used by modisom (09/2018)
-DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableIdentityMat", "IdentityMat" );
+##  Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+#DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableIdentityMat", "IdentityMat" );
 
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -548,8 +552,9 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableIdentityMat", "IdentityMat" );
 ## </ManSection>
 ## <#/GAPDoc>
 ##
-## still used by modisom, qpa, singular (09/2018)
-DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableNullMat", "NullMat" );
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+#DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableNullMat", "NullMat" );
+
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
@@ -574,7 +579,7 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableNullMat", "NullMat" );
 ## </ManSection>
 ## <#/GAPDoc>
 ##
-## not used in any redistributed packages (11/2017)
+## Not used in any redistributed packages (11/2017)
 #DeclareSynonymAttr( "IsSemilatticeAsSemigroup", IsSemilattice );
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -624,6 +629,7 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MutableNullMat", "NullMat" );
 ## </ManSection>
 ## <#/GAPDoc>
 ##
+## Still used in fining, orb, polycyclic, recog (11/2018)
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MultRowVector", "MultVector" );
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -634,9 +640,8 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "MultRowVector", "MultVector" );
 ## former is still used in some packages, for backwards compatibility we
 ## replace it by the call of `Test' with comparison up to whitespaces.
 ##
-## Still used in ctbllib, cubefree, gbnp, guarana, hapcryst, polymaking,
-## radiroot, singular (09/2018)
-## safely used in compatibility code: gapdoc (09/2018)
+## Still used in ctbllib, cubefree, gbnp, hapcryst, polymaking (11/2018)
+## Safely used in compatibility code: gapdoc (09/2018)
 BindGlobal( "ReadTest", function( fn )
  Print("#I ReadTest is no longer supported. Please use more robust and flexible\n",
  "#I Test. For backwards compatibility, ReadTest(<filename>) is replaced\n",
@@ -650,8 +655,8 @@ end);
 ##
 ## This got a nicer name before is became documented.
 ##
-## still used by Browse, profiling, resclasses (09/2018)
-## safely used in compatibility code: digraphs, profiling, semigroups (09/2018)
+##  Still used in ctbllib, Browse, resclasses (11/2018)
+##  Safely used in compatibility code: digraphs, profiling, semigroups (09/2018)
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "USER_HOME_EXPAND", "UserHomeExpand" );
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -660,8 +665,8 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "USER_HOME_EXPAND", "UserHomeExpand" );
 ##
 ## This name stems from GAP 3 days.
 ##
-## still used by Browse, ctbllib (09/2018)
-## safely used in GAP3 compatibility code: ctbllib (09/2018)
+##  Still used in Browse (11/2018)
+##  Safely used in GAP3 compatibility code: ctbllib (11/2018)
 DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "RecFields", "RecNames" );
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -674,8 +679,8 @@ DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "RecFields", "RecNames" );
 ## UNDOCUMENTED kernel functions may wish to keep using SHALLOW_SIZE until
 ## they can adjust their minimal GAP version requirements.
 ##
-## still used by orb, recog (09/2018)
-DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "SHALLOW_SIZE", "SIZE_OBJ" );
+##  Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
+#DeclareObsoleteSynonym( "SHALLOW_SIZE", "SIZE_OBJ" );
 
 #############################################################################
 ##

diff --git a/lib/obsolete.gi b/lib/obsolete.gi
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ end );
 ## </Description>
 ## </ManSection>
 ##
+## Still used in hecke (11/2018)
 BIND_GLOBAL( "TeX", function( arg )
  local str, res, obj;
 
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ end );
 ## </ManSection>
 ## <#/GAPDoc>
 ##
+## Not used in any redistributed package (11/2018)
 BIND_GLOBAL( "LaTeX", function( arg )
  local str, res, obj;
 
@@ -946,8 +948,7 @@ BindGlobal( "SetUserPreferences", function( arg )
 ##
 ## Moved to obsoletes in October 2018 for GAP 4.11.
 ##
-## still used by guarana, lpres, nq (10/2018)
-##
+## Still used in guarana, lpres, nq (11/2018)
 BIND_GLOBAL( "SetFeatureObj", function ( obj, filter, val )
  Info( InfoObsolete, 1, "'SetFeatureObj' is obsolete, use 'SetFilterObj' or 'ResetFilterObj' instead" );
  if val then