about eigs function on windows

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello Michael

Was my reply to Zheng appropriate?

When your 3.0.0 binary will be released?
If it is in the near future, I will do nothing.
Otherwise I will write a small note for this problem and a tentative solution in my web and
OctaveForWindows Wiki.

Regards

Tatsuro


--- Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tmacchant at yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

> Hello Zheng
> 
>  Now I know what is
> > > wrong is libarpack.dll with a wrong dll filename, lapack.dll. Right?
> 
> Yes.  The name handling like liblapack.dll is for the gcc system.  Michael's octave was build by
> the
> MSVC comlipier.  I do not know how Michael creats lapack.dll for the detail. If you select
> 'intel
> pentium with sse2' for your intalling, the lapack dll created by the gcc might be used because
> it was
> created by ATLAS by gcc.  (For the ATLAS see page indicated below ) The libraries created by gcc
> can
> be used in the MSVC if the librairy is created carefully, however the library name handling is
> different between the gcc system and the MSVC one.  When one want to use the gcc created library
> on
> the the MSVC, one has to rename it.  Perhaps Michael missed that at binaries packaging.  I think
> this
> may cause this time error.
> 
> *****
> ATLAS (Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software)
> http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
> 
> > > Then I suggest that when octave encounters some errors, why does it not
> > > print out some stack infos?
> This is the runtime error which depends on the MSVC internal code or the operating system.  This
> kind
> of error is very difficult to detect from the software itself.  For experienced user, it can be
> understand it is the runtime error and suspect somtimes where the origin is. (Sometimes it will
> be
> difficult to perchase the origin.) Even in MS-office, such kind of runtime error sometimes
> happens.
> I think the error message from the system is enough for the runtime errors. 
> 
> BTW: I recommend that you dont use the chinese characters for your name with mail address to
> the foreign countries.  That cannot be read and some mail systems reject your mails as  junk
> mails. 
> This suggestion comes from the my experiences as a web secretary in a small international
> meeting. 
> 
> Please use 'Li Zheng <lizheng02 at gmail.com>' for the mail to the foreign countries.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
>   
> > 在07-12-24，李政 <lizheng02 at gmail.com> 写道：
> > >
> > > Thanks for your advice. It works well. And before your reply, I have
> > > searched .oct file for some wrong dll import and failed. > >
> > >
> > > Yours,
> > > Zheng
> 
> 
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