  
  [1X7 [33X[0;0YDebugging and Profiling Facilities[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  chapter  describes some functions that are useful mainly for debugging
  and profiling purposes.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YProbably  the  most  important  debugging tool in [5XGAP[105X is the break loop (see
  Section [14X6.4[114X) which can be entered by putting an [2XError[102X ([14X6.6-1[114X) statement into
  your  code  or  by  hitting  Control-C.  In  the  break loop one can inspect
  variables,  stack  traces  and issue commands as usual in an interactive [5XGAP[105X
  session.  See  also  the  [2XDownEnv[102X  ([14X6.5-1[114X), [2XUpEnv[102X ([14X6.5-1[114X), [2XWhere[102X ([14X6.4-5[114X) and
  [2XWhereWithVars[102X ([14X6.4-5[114X) functions.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YSections [14X7.2[114X and [14X7.3[114X show how to get information about the methods chosen by
  the method selection mechanism (see chapter [14X78[114X).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  final  sections  describe  functions  for  collecting  statistics about
  computations (see [2XRuntime[102X ([14X7.6-2[114X), [14X7.8[114X).[133X
  
  
  [1X7.1 [33X[0;0YRecovery from NoMethodFound-Errors[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YWhen  the  method  selection fails because there is no applicable method, an
  error as in the following example occurs and a break loop is entered:[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XIsNormal(2,2);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XError, no method found! For debugging hints type ?Recovery from NoMethodFound[128X[104X
    [4X[28XError, no 1st choice method found for `IsNormal' on 2 arguments[128X[104X
    [4X[28XStack trace:[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xcalled from read-eval loop at *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xtype 'quit;' to quit to outer loop[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  only  says,  that  the  method  selection  tried  to find a method for
  [10XIsNormal[110X  on  two  arguments  and failed. In this situation it is crucial to
  find  out,  why this happened. Therefore there are a few functions which can
  display  further  information. Note that you can leave the break loop by the
  [9Xquit[109X  command  (see [14X6.4-1[114X) and that the information about the incident is no
  longer accessible afterwards.[133X
  
  [1X7.1-1 ShowArguments[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XShowArguments[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function  is  only available within a break loop caused by a [21XNo Method
  Found[121X-error.  It  prints  as  a list the arguments of the operation call for
  which no method was found.[133X
  
  [1X7.1-2 ShowArgument[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XShowArgument[102X( [3Xnr[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function  is  only available within a break loop caused by a [21XNo Method
  Found[121X-error.  It  prints the [3Xnr[103X-th arguments of the operation call for which
  no  method  was  found.  [2XShowArgument[102X needs exactly one argument which is an
  integer between 0 and the number of arguments the operation was called with.[133X
  
  [1X7.1-3 ShowDetails[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XShowDetails[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function  is  only available within a break loop caused by a [21XNo Method
  Found[121X-error.  It prints the details of this error: The operation, the number
  of  arguments, a flag which indicates whether the operation is being traced,
  a  flag  which  indicates whether the operation is a constructor method, and
  the  number  of  methods  that  refused  to  apply  by calling [2XTryNextMethod[102X
  ([14X78.5-1[114X).  The last number is called [10XChoice[110X and is printed as an ordinal. So
  if  exactly [22Xk[122X methods were found but called [2XTryNextMethod[102X ([14X78.5-1[114X) and there
  were no more methods it says [10XChoice: [110X[22Xk[122X[10Xth[110X.[133X
  
  [1X7.1-4 ShowMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XShowMethods[102X( [[3Xverbosity[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function  is  only available within a break loop caused by a [21XNo Method
  Found[121X-error.  It  prints  an  overview about the installed methods for those
  arguments  the  operation  was  called with (using [14X7.2[114X. The verbosity can be
  controlled  by  the  optional integer parameter [3Xverbosity[103X. The default is 2,
  which  lists all applicable methods. With verbosity 1 [2XShowMethods[102X only shows
  the  number of installed methods and the methods matching, which can only be
  those  that were already called but refused to work by calling [2XTryNextMethod[102X
  ([14X78.5-1[114X).  With  verbosity  3  not  only  all installed methods but also the
  reasons why they do not match are displayed.[133X
  
  [1X7.1-5 ShowOtherMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XShowOtherMethods[102X( [[3Xverbosity[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function  is  only available within a break loop caused by a [21XNo Method
  Found[121X-error.  It  prints  an  overview  about  the  installed  methods for a
  different number of arguments than the number of arguments the operation was
  called  with  (using  [14X7.2[114X.  The  verbosity can be controlled by the optional
  integer parameter [3Xverbosity[103X. The default is 1 which lists only the number of
  applicable  methods.  With  verbosity 2 [2XShowOtherMethods[102X lists all installed
  methods  and with verbosity 3 also the reasons, why they are not applicable.
  Calling [2XShowOtherMethods[102X with verbosity 3 in this function will normally not
  make  any sense, because the different numbers of arguments are simulated by
  supplying the corresponding number of ones, for which normally no reasonable
  methods will be installed.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.2 [33X[0;0YInspecting Applicable Methods[133X[101X
  
  [1X7.2-1 ApplicableMethod[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XApplicableMethod[102X( [3Xopr[103X, [3Xargs[103X[, [3Xprintlevel[103X[, [3Xnr[103X]] ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XApplicableMethodTypes[102X( [3Xopr[103X, [3Xargs[103X[, [3Xprintlevel[103X[, [3Xnr[103X]] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalled  with  two  arguments, [2XApplicableMethod[102X returns the method of highest
  rank that is applicable for the operation [3Xopr[103X with the arguments in the list
  [3Xargs[103X.  The  default [3Xprintlevel[103X is [10X0[110X. If no method is applicable then [9Xfail[109X is
  returned.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf   a   positive   integer   is  given  as  the  fourth  argument  [3Xnr[103X  then
  [2XApplicableMethod[102X  returns  the [3Xnr[103X-th applicable method for the operation [3Xopr[103X
  with the arguments in the list [3Xargs[103X, where the methods are ordered according
  to  descending  rank.  If  less  than [3Xnr[103X methods are applicable then [9Xfail[109X is
  returned.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the fourth argument [3Xnr[103X is the string [10X"all"[110X then [2XApplicableMethod[102X returns
  a  list  of  all  applicable  methods  for  [3Xopr[103X with arguments [3Xargs[103X, ordered
  according to descending rank.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YDepending  on  the  integer  value  [3Xprintlevel[103X,  additional  information  is
  printed. Admissible values and their meaning are as follows.[133X
  
  [8X0[108X
        [33X[0;6Yno information,[133X
  
  [8X1[108X
        [33X[0;6Yinformation about the applicable method,[133X
  
  [8X2[108X
        [33X[0;6Yalso information about the not applicable methods of higher rank,[133X
  
  [8X3[108X
        [33X[0;6Yalso  for  each  not  applicable method the first reason why it is not
        applicable,[133X
  
  [8X4[108X
        [33X[0;6Yalso  for  each  not  applicable  method  all  reasons  why  it is not
        applicable.[133X
  
  [8X6[108X
        [33X[0;6Yalso the function body of the selected method(s)[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YWhen  a method returned by [2XApplicableMethod[102X is called then it returns either
  the  desired  result or the string [10X"TRY_NEXT_METHOD"[110X, which corresponds to a
  call  to  [2XTryNextMethod[102X  ([14X78.5-1[114X)  in  the  method and means that the method
  selection would call the next applicable method.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[13XNote:[113X The [5XGAP[105X kernel provides special treatment for the infix operations [10X\+[110X,
  [10X\-[110X,  [10X\*[110X,  [10X\/[110X,  [10X\^[110X, [10X\mod[110X and [10X\in[110X. For some kernel objects (notably cyclotomic
  numbers,  finite  field  elements  and  row vectors thereof) it calls kernel
  methods  circumventing  the  method selection mechanism. Therefore for these
  operations  [2XApplicableMethod[102X  may  return  a  method which is not the kernel
  method actually used.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  function  [2XApplicableMethodTypes[102X  takes  the  [13Xtypes[113X  or  [13Xfilters[113X  of the
  arguments as argument (if only filters are given of course family predicates
  cannot be tested).[133X
  
  [1X7.2-2 MethodsOperation[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XMethodsOperation[102X( [3Xoper[103X, [3Xn[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YReturn  a  list  of  records  that  describe  the  installed methods for the
  operation [3Xoper[103X, with [3Xn[103X arguments.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YEach record has at least the following components.[133X
  
  [8Xfunc[108X
        [33X[0;6Ythe method itself, a [5XGAP[105X function,[133X
  
  [8Xrank[108X
        [33X[0;6Ythe rank of the method, an integer or infinity,[133X
  
  [8Xinfo[108X
        [33X[0;6Ya string that describes when the method is applicable,[133X
  
  [8Xlocation[108X
        [33X[0;6Yfilename and start line where the method gets installed.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.3 [33X[0;0YTracing Methods[133X[101X
  
  [1X7.3-1 TraceMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTraceMethods[102X( [3Xopr1[103X, [3Xopr2[103X, [3X...[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTraceMethods[102X( [3Xoprs[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAfter  the  call of [10XTraceMethods[110X, whenever a method of one of the operations
  [3Xopr1[103X,  [3Xopr2[103X,  ... is called, the information string used in the installation
  of  the  method  is  printed.  The  second form has the same effect for each
  operation from the list [3Xoprs[103X of operations.[133X
  
  [1X7.3-2 TraceAllMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTraceAllMethods[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YInvokes [10XTraceMethods[110X for all operations.[133X
  
  [1X7.3-3 UntraceMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUntraceMethods[102X( [3Xopr1[103X, [3Xopr2[103X, [3X...[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUntraceMethods[102X( [3Xoprs[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yturns  the  tracing  off for all operations [3Xopr1[103X, [3Xopr2[103X, ... or in the second
  form, for all operations in the list [3Xoprs[103X.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XTraceMethods( [ Size ] );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xg:= Group( (1,2,3), (1,2) );;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSize( g );[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  Size: for a permutation group at /gap5/lib/grpperm.gi:487[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  Setter(Size): system setter[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  Size: system getter[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  Size: system getter[128X[104X
    [4X[28X6[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XUntraceMethods( [ Size ] );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [1X7.3-4 UntraceAllMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUntraceAllMethods[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YEquivalent to calling [10XUntraceMethods[110X for all operations.[133X
  
  [1X7.3-5 TraceImmediateMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTraceImmediateMethods[102X( [[3Xflag[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUntraceImmediateMethods[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XTraceImmediateMethods[102X  enables  tracing for all immediate methods if [3Xflag[103X is
  either     [9Xtrue[109X,     or    not    present.    [2XUntraceImmediateMethods[102X,    or
  [2XTraceImmediateMethods[102X  with [3Xflag[103X equal [9Xfalse[109X turns tracing off. (There is no
  facility to trace [13Xspecific[113X immediate methods.)[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XTraceImmediateMethods( );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xg:= Group( (1,2,3), (1,2) );;[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I RunImmediateMethods[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: Size[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsCyclic[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsCommutative[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsTrivial[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSize( g );[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsPerfectGroup[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsNonTrivial[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: Size[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsFreeAbelian[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsTorsionFree[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsNonTrivial[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsPerfectGroup[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: GeneralizedPcgs[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  immediate: IsEmpty[128X[104X
    [4X[28X6[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XUntraceImmediateMethods( );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XUntraceMethods( [ Size ] );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis example gives an explanation for the two calls of the [21Xsystem getter[121X for
  [2XSize[102X  ([14X30.4-6[114X).  Namely,  there  are immediate methods that access the known
  size  of the group. Note that the group [10Xg[110X was known to be finitely generated
  already  before the size was computed, the calls of the immediate method for
  [2XIsFinitelyGeneratedGroup[102X  ([14X39.15-18[114X)  after  the  call of [2XSize[102X ([14X30.4-6[114X) have
  other arguments than [10Xg[110X.[133X
  
  [1X7.3-6 TraceInternalMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTraceInternalMethods[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUntraceInternalMethods[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XGetTraceInternalMethodsCounts[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XClearTraceInternalMethodsCounts[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XTraceInternalMethods[102X  enables  tracing  for  all  internal methods. Internal
  methods  are  methods which implement many fundamental operations in GAP. In
  this version of GAP, the internal methods which can be traced are:[133X
  
  [8XZero, ZeroMut[108X
        [33X[0;6YMutable and Immutable [2XZero[102X ([14X31.10-3[114X)[133X
  
  [8XAInv, AInvMut[108X
        [33X[0;6YMutable and Immutable [2XAdditiveInverse[102X ([14X31.10-9[114X)[133X
  
  [8XOne, OneMut[108X
        [33X[0;6YMutable and Immutable [2XOne[102X ([14X31.10-2[114X)[133X
  
  [8XInv, InvMut[108X
        [33X[0;6YMutable and Immutable [2XInverse[102X ([14X31.10-8[114X)[133X
  
  [8XSum[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [2X\+[102X ([14X31.12-1[114X)[133X
  
  [8XDiff[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [10X-[110X operator[133X
  
  [8XProd[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [2X\*[102X ([14X31.12-1[114X)[133X
  
  [8XQuo[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [2X\/[102X ([14X31.12-1[114X)[133X
  
  [8XLQuo[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe left-quotient operator[133X
  
  [8XPow[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [2X\^[102X ([14X31.12-1[114X)[133X
  
  [8XComm[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [2XComm[102X ([14X31.12-3[114X)[133X
  
  [8XMod[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe operator [2X\mod[102X ([14X31.12-1[114X)[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XUntraceInternalMethods[102X  turns  tracing  off.  As these methods can be called
  hundreds  of  thousands of times in simple GAP code, there isn't a statement
  printed    each    time    one    is    called.    Instead,    the    method
  [2XGetTraceInternalMethodsCounts[102X returns how many times each operation has been
  applied  to  each type of variable (the type of a variable can be found with
  the  [10XTNAM_OBJ[110X  method).  The  return  value  for two argument operators is a
  record  of  records  [10Xr[110X, where [10Xr.op[110X stores information about operator [10Xop[110X. For
  one  argument  operators  [10Xr.op.i[110X stores how many times [10Xop[110X was called with an
  argument  of  type  [10Xi[110X,  while for two argument operators [10Xr.op.i.j[110X stores how
  many times [10Xop[110X was called with arguments of type [10Xi[110X and [10Xj[110X.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XTraceInternalMethods();[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27X2+3+4+5+6;;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27X2.0+2.0;;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27X3^(1,2,3);;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XGetTraceInternalMethodsCounts();[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xrec( Pow := rec( integer := rec( ("permutation (small)") := 1 ) ),[128X[104X
    [4X[28XSum := rec( integer := rec( integer := 4 ),[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    macfloat := rec( macfloat := 1 ) ) )[128X[104X
    [4X[28X# 'macfloat' is a floating point number[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XUntraceInternalMethods();[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  
  [1X7.4 [33X[0;0YInfo Functions[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [2XInfo[102X  ([14X7.4-6[114X)  mechanism  permits  operations  to  display intermediate
  results  or information about the progress of the algorithms. Information is
  always given according to one or more [13Xinfo classes[113X. Each of the info classes
  defined  in the [5XGAP[105X library usually covers a certain range of algorithms, so
  for  example  [10XInfoLattice[110X covers all the cyclic extension algorithms for the
  computation of a subgroup lattice.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YNote  that  not  all  info  classes defined in the [5XGAP[105X library are currently
  documented.  Many  [5XGAP[105X  packages  define  additional info classes, which are
  typically   documented  in  the  corresponding  package  documentation.  The
  function  [2XShowUsedInfoClasses[102X  ([14X7.4-5[114X)  will show all info classes which [5XGAP[105X
  considers while executing code.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  amount  of  information  to  be  displayed  by  each  info class can be
  separately  specified  by the user. This is done by selecting a non-negative
  integer  [13Xlevel[113X for the info class: no information will be displayed at level
  0, and the higher the level, the more information that will be displayed. At
  creation,  an  info  class  has  level  0. By default, all built-in GAP info
  classes  have  level  0,  except  for the following info classes, which have
  level 1:[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[2XInfoWarning[102X ([14X7.4-8[114X),[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[2XInfoPackageLoading[102X ([14X76.2-6[114X),[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[10XInfoDebug[110X,[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[10XInfoPerformance[110X,[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[10XInfoTempDirectories[110X,[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[10XInfoPrimeInt[110X, and[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Y[10XInfoSLP[110X.[133X
  
  [1X7.4-1 NewInfoClass[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XNewInfoClass[102X( [3Xname[103X ) [32X operation[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ycreates a new info class with name [3Xname[103X.[133X
  
  [1X7.4-2 DeclareInfoClass[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XDeclareInfoClass[102X( [3Xname[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ycreates  a new info class with name [3Xname[103X and binds it to the global variable
  [3Xname[103X.  The  variable  must  previously be writable, and is made read-only by
  this function.[133X
  
  [1X7.4-3 SetInfoLevel[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetInfoLevel[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X, [3Xlevel[103X ) [32X operation[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YSets the info level for [3Xinfoclass[103X to the non-negative integer [3Xlevel[103X.[133X
  
  [1X7.4-4 InfoLevel[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XInfoLevel[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X ) [32X operation[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yreturns the info level of [3Xinfoclass[103X.[133X
  
  [1X7.4-5 ShowUsedInfoClasses[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XShowUsedInfoClasses[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalled  with argument [9Xtrue[109X, this makes [5XGAP[105X print the info class and level of
  any  executed  [2XInfo[102X ([14X7.4-6[114X) statement. Calling with the argument [9Xfalse[109X stops
  this  printing.  Each  level  of  each  info class is only printed once. The
  history of printed info classes and levels is reset whenever [9Xtrue[109X is passed.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XShowUsedInfoClasses(true);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XIntersection(Group((1,3,2,4,5,6)), Group((1,2,3,4,5,6)));[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I Would print info with SetInfoLevel(InfoBckt,1)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I Would print info with SetInfoLevel(InfoBckt,3)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I Would print info with SetInfoLevel(InfoBckt,5)[128X[104X
    [4X[28XGroup(())[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XIntersection(Group((1,3,2,4,5,6)), Group((1,2,3,4,5,6)));[127X[104X
    [4X[28XGroup(())[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XShowUsedInfoClasses(false);[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [1X7.4-6 Info[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XInfo[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X, [3Xlevel[103X, [3Xinfo[103X[, [3Xmoreinfo[103X, [3X...[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the  info  level  of  [3Xinfoclass[103X  is  at  least [3Xlevel[103X, then the remaining
  arguments,   [3Xinfo[103X,   and   possibly  [3Xmoreinfo[103X  and  so  on,  are  evaluated.
  (Technically, [2XInfo[102X is a keyword and not a function.)[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YBy  default,  the  results  of these evaluations are viewed, preceded by the
  string [10X"#I "[110X and followed by a newline.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the  info level of [3Xinfoclass[103X is strictly less than [3Xlevel[103X, then the third
  and subsequent arguments are not evaluated. (The latter can save substantial
  time when displaying difficult results.)[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe behaviour can be customized with [2XSetInfoHandler[102X ([14X7.4-7[114X).[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfoExample:=NewInfoClass("InfoExample");;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample,1,"one");Info(InfoExample,2,"two");[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSetInfoLevel(InfoExample,1);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample,1,"one");Info(InfoExample,2,"two");[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  one[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSetInfoLevel(InfoExample,2);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample,1,"one");Info(InfoExample,2,"two");[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  one[128X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  two[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfoLevel(InfoExample);[127X[104X
    [4X[28X2[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample,3,Length(Combinations([1..9999])));[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YNote  that the last [2XInfo[102X call is executed without problems, since the actual
  level  [10X2[110X  of  [10XInfoExample[110X  causes  [2XInfo[102X  to  ignore the last argument, which
  prevents  [10XLength(Combinations([1..9999]))[110X from being evaluated; note that an
  evaluation would be impossible due to memory restrictions.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YA  set  of  info classes (called an [13Xinfo selector[113X) may be passed to a single
  [2XInfo[102X  statement.  As a shorthand, info classes and selectors may be combined
  with [10X+[110X rather than [2XUnion[102X ([14X30.5-3[114X). In this case, the message is triggered if
  the level of [13Xany[113X of the classes is high enough.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfoExample:=NewInfoClass("InfoExample");;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSetInfoLevel(InfoExample,0);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample + InfoWarning, 1, "hello");[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  hello[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample + InfoWarning, 2, "hello");[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSetInfoLevel(InfoExample,2);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfo(InfoExample + InfoWarning, 2, "hello");[127X[104X
    [4X[28X#I  hello[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XInfoLevel(InfoWarning);[127X[104X
    [4X[28X1[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  
  [1X7.4-7 [33X[0;0YCustomizing [2XInfo[102X[101X[1X ([14X7.4-6[114X) statements[133X[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetInfoHandler[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X, [3Xhandler[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetInfoOutput[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X, [3Xout[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUnbindInfoOutput[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XInfoOutput[102X( [3Xinfoclass[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetDefaultInfoOutput[102X( [3Xout[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [6XReturns:[106X  [33X[0;10Ynothing[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  allows one to customize what happens in an [10XInfo([3Xinfoclass[103X[10X, [3Xlevel[103X[10X, ...)[110X
  statement.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIn  the  first  function,  [3Xhandler[103X  must  be a function with three arguments
  [3Xinfoclass[103X,  [3Xlevel[103X, [3Xlist[103X. Here [3Xlist[103X is the list containing the third argument
  and any subsequent optional arguments of the [2XInfo[102X ([14X7.4-6[114X) call.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  default  handler  is  the function [10XDefaultInfoHandler[110X. It prints [10X"#I "[110X,
  then  the  third  and further arguments of the info statement, and finally a
  [10X"\n"[110X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf the first argument of an [2XInfo[102X ([14X7.4-6[114X) statement is a sum of Info classes,
  the handler of the first summand is used.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  file  or  stream  to  which [2XInfo[102X ([14X7.4-6[114X) statements for individual [2XInfo[102X
  ([14X7.4-6[114X)  classes  print can be overridden with [2XSetInfoOutput[102X, retrieved with
  [2XInfoOutput[102X  and  reset  to  the  default  with [2XUnbindInfoOutput[102X. The initial
  default for all [2XInfo[102X ([14X7.4-6[114X) classes is the string [10X"*Print*"[110X which means the
  current  output  file. The default can be changed with [2XSetDefaultInfoOutput[102X.
  The  argument  [3Xout[103X  can  be  a filename or an open stream, the special names
  [10X"*Print*"[110X, [10X"*errout*[110X and [10X"*stdout*[110X are also recognized.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YFor  example,  [10XSetDefaultInfoOutput("*errout*");[110X  would  send  [2XInfo[102X  ([14X7.4-6[114X)
  output  to  standard  error,  which  can  be  interesting  if [5XGAP[105Xs output is
  redirected.[133X
  
  [1X7.4-8 InfoWarning[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XInfoWarning[102X [32X info class[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yis an info class to which general warnings are sent at level 1, which is its
  default level. More specialised warnings are shown via calls of [2XInfo[102X ([14X7.4-6[114X)
  at  [2XInfoWarning[102X  level  2,  e.g. information  about  the  autoloading of [5XGAP[105X
  packages and the initial line matched when displaying an on-line help topic.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.5 [33X[0;0YAssertions[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YAssertions  are  used  to  find  errors  in  algorithms.  They  test whether
  intermediate  results  conform  to required conditions and issue an error if
  not.[133X
  
  [1X7.5-1 SetAssertionLevel[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetAssertionLevel[102X( [3Xlev[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yassigns the global assertion level to [3Xlev[103X. By default it is zero.[133X
  
  [1X7.5-2 AssertionLevel[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XAssertionLevel[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yreturns the current assertion level.[133X
  
  [1X7.5-3 Assert[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XAssert[102X( [3Xlev[103X, [3Xcond[103X[, [3Xmessage[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YWith two arguments, if the global assertion level is at least [3Xlev[103X, condition
  [3Xcond[103X  is  tested  and  if  it  does not return [9Xtrue[109X an error is raised. Thus
  [10XAssert(lev, [3Xcond[103X[10X)[110X is equivalent to the code[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[28Xif AssertionLevel() >= lev and not <cond> then[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  Error("Assertion failure");[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xfi;[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the [3Xmessage[103X argument form of the [2XAssert[102X statement is provided, and if an
  error is raised, then this message is printed as part of the error.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAssertions  are  used  at  various  places  in  the  library.  Thus  turning
  assertions on can slow code execution significantly.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.6 [33X[0;0YTiming[133X[101X
  
  [1X7.6-1 Runtimes[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XRuntimes[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XRuntimes[102X  returns  a  record with components bound to integers or [9Xfail[109X. Each
  integer  is  the cpu time (processor time) in milliseconds spent by [5XGAP[105X in a
  certain status:[133X
  
  [8X[10Xuser_time[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6Ycpu time spent with [5XGAP[105X functions (without child processes).[133X
  
  [8X[10Xsystem_time[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6Ycpu  time  spent  in  system  calls,  e.g.,  file  access ([9Xfail[109X if not
        available).[133X
  
  [8X[10Xuser_time_children[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6Ycpu time spent in child processes ([9Xfail[109X if not available).[133X
  
  [8X[10Xsystem_time_children[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6Ycpu  time  spent  in  system  calls  by  child  processes ([9Xfail[109X if not
        available).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YNote  that  this  function  is  not fully supported on all systems. Only the
  [10Xuser_time[110X component is (and may on some systems include the system time).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  following  example demonstrates tasks which contribute to the different
  time components:[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRuntimes(); # after startup[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xrec( user_time := 3980, system_time := 60, user_time_children := 0,[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  system_time_children := 0 )[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XExec("cat /usr/bin/*||wc"); # child process with a lot of file access[127X[104X
    [4X[28X 893799 7551659 200928302[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRuntimes();[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xrec( user_time := 3990, system_time := 60, user_time_children := 1590,[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  system_time_children := 600 )[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xa:=0;;for i in [1..100000000] do a:=a+1; od; # GAP user time[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRuntimes();[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xrec( user_time := 12980, system_time := 70, user_time_children := 1590,[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  system_time_children := 600 )[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27X?blabla  # first call of help, a lot of file access[127X[104X
    [4X[28XHelp: no matching entry found[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRuntimes();[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xrec( user_time := 13500, system_time := 440, user_time_children := 1590,[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  system_time_children := 600 )[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [1X7.6-2 Runtime[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XRuntime[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XRuntime[102X  returns  the time spent by [5XGAP[105X in milliseconds as an integer. It is
  the  same as the value of the [10Xuser_time[110X component given by [2XRuntimes[102X ([14X7.6-1[114X),
  as explained above.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YSee   [2XStringTime[102X   ([14X27.10-9[114X)   for  a  translation  from  milliseconds  into
  hour/minute format.[133X
  
  [1X7.6-3 NanosecondsSinceEpoch[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XNanosecondsSinceEpoch[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XNanosecondsSinceEpochInfo[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XNanosecondsSinceEpoch[102X  returns the time in nanoseconds that has passed since
  some  fixed,  but unspecified time in the past. This function is appropriate
  for  doing wallclock time measurements. The actual resolution depends on the
  system that [5XGAP[105X is run on. Information about the used timers can be obtained
  by  calling  [2XNanosecondsSinceEpochInfo[102X,  which  returns  a record containing
  members [10XMethod[110X, [10XMonotonic[110X, [10XReliable[110X and [10XResolution[110X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[10XMethod[110X  is  a string describing the method used to obtain timer values. This
  will usually contain the name of the syscall used.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[10XMonotonic[110X  is  a  boolean.  If  it  is  [9Xtrue[109X,  then  the  values returned by
  [2XNanosecondsSinceEpoch[102X are guaranteed to be strictly monotonically increasing
  between two calls, if it is [9Xfalse[109X then there is no such guarantee.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[10XResolution[110X  is  an  integer  reflecting  the resolution of the timer used in
  nanoseconds.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[10XReliable[110X  is  a  boolean.  If it is [9Xtrue[109X then the value [10XResolution[110X is deemed
  reliable in the sense that it was obtained by querying the operating system,
  otherwise [10XResolution[110X should be treated as an estimate.[133X
  
  [1X7.6-4 time[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2Xtime[102X [32X global variable[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIn the read-eval-print loop, [2Xtime[102X stores the number of milliseconds the last
  command  took  (see also [2Xmemory_allocated[102X ([14X7.7-2[114X) for the number of bytes of
  memory it allocated).[133X
  
  [1X7.6-5 Sleep[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSleep[102X( [3Xtime[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XMicroSleep[102X( [3Xtime[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThese functions make GAP stop execution for a given period of time. The time
  to stop is given to [2XSleep[102X in seconds and [2XMicroSleep[102X in microseconds.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.7 [33X[0;0YTracking Memory Usage[133X[101X
  
  [1X7.7-1 TotalMemoryAllocated[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTotalMemoryAllocated[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XTotalMemoryAllocated[102X  returns  the total amount of memory in bytes allocated
  by the [5XGAP[105X memory manager since [5XGAP[105X started.[133X
  
  [1X7.7-2 memory_allocated[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2Xmemory_allocated[102X [32X global variable[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIn  the read-eval-print loop, [2Xmemory_allocated[102X stores the number of bytes of
  memory  allocated by the last completed statement (see also [2Xtime[102X ([14X7.6-4[114X) for
  the number of milliseconds it took).[133X
  
  
  [1X7.8 [33X[0;0YProfiling[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YProfiling  of  code can be used to determine in which parts of a program how
  much  time  has  been  spent  and  how much memory has been allocated during
  runtime.  GAP has two different methods of profiling. GAP can either profile
  by  function, or line-by-line. Line by line profiling is currently only used
  for code coverage, while function profiling tracks memory and time usage.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.8-1 [33X[0;0YFunction Profiling[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  section  describes how to profiling at the function level. The idea is
  that[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Yfirst   one   switches  on  profiling  for  those  [5XGAP[105X  functions  the
        performance of which one wants to check,[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Ythen one runs some [5XGAP[105X computations,[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Ythen  one  looks  at  the  profile  information collected during these
        computations,[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Ythen   one  runs  more  computations  (perhaps  clearing  all  profile
        information before, see [2XClearProfile[102X ([14X7.8-10[114X)),[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Yand finally one switches off profiling.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YFor  switching  on  and  off  profiling,  [5XGAP[105X  supports  entering  a list of
  functions  (see  [2XProfileFunctions[102X  ([14X7.8-5[114X), [2XUnprofileFunctions[102X ([14X7.8-6[114X)) or a
  list  of  operations  whose  methods  shall  be (un)profiled ([2XProfileMethods[102X
  ([14X7.8-7[114X),  [2XUnprofileMethods[102X  ([14X7.8-8[114X)), and [2XDisplayProfile[102X ([14X7.8-9[114X) can be used
  to show profile information about functions in a given list.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YBesides  these  functions, [2XProfileGlobalFunctions[102X ([14X7.8-2[114X), [2XProfileOperations[102X
  ([14X7.8-3[114X),  and  [2XProfileOperationsAndMethods[102X ([14X7.8-4[114X) can be used for switching
  on  or  off  profiling  for [13Xall[113X global functions, operations, and operations
  together  with  all  their  methods,  respectively,  and for showing profile
  information about these functions.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YNote that [5XGAP[105X will perform more slowly when profiling than when not.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-2 ProfileGlobalFunctions[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XProfileGlobalFunctions[102X( [[3Xbool[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalled  with  argument  [9Xtrue[109X, [2XProfileGlobalFunctions[102X starts profiling of all
  functions  that  have been declared via [2XDeclareGlobalFunction[102X ([14X79.10-5[114X). Old
  profile information for all these functions is cleared. A function call with
  the  argument  [9Xfalse[109X  stops  profiling  of  all  these  functions.  Recorded
  information  is  still  kept,  so  you can display it even after turning the
  profiling off.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YWhen  [2XProfileGlobalFunctions[102X is called without argument, profile information
  for all global functions is displayed, see [2XDisplayProfile[102X ([14X7.8-9[114X).[133X
  
  [1X7.8-3 ProfileOperations[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XProfileOperations[102X( [[3Xbool[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalled  with  argument  [9Xtrue[109X,  [2XProfileOperations[102X  starts  profiling  of  all
  operations.  Old  profile  information  for  all  operations  is  cleared. A
  function  call  with  the  argument [9Xfalse[109X stops profiling of all operations.
  Recorded information is still kept, so you can display it even after turning
  the profiling off.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YWhen  [2XProfileOperations[102X  is called without argument, profile information for
  all operations is displayed (see [2XDisplayProfile[102X ([14X7.8-9[114X)).[133X
  
  [1X7.8-4 ProfileOperationsAndMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XProfileOperationsAndMethods[102X( [[3Xbool[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalled  with  argument [9Xtrue[109X, [2XProfileOperationsAndMethods[102X starts profiling of
  all  operations  and  their  methods.  Old  profile  information  for  these
  functions  is  cleared.  A  function  call  with  the  argument  [9Xfalse[109X stops
  profiling of all operations and their methods. Recorded information is still
  kept, so you can display it even after turning the profiling off.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YWhen   [2XProfileOperationsAndMethods[102X   is  called  without  argument,  profile
  information   for   all   operations   and   their   methods  is  displayed,
  see [2XDisplayProfile[102X ([14X7.8-9[114X).[133X
  
  [1X7.8-5 ProfileFunctions[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XProfileFunctions[102X( [3Xfuncs[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ystarts   profiling  for  all  function  in  the  list  [3Xfuncs[103X.  You  can  use
  [2XProfileGlobalFunctions[102X  ([14X7.8-2[114X)  to  turn  profiling  on  for  all  globally
  declared functions simultaneously.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-6 UnprofileFunctions[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUnprofileFunctions[102X( [3Xfuncs[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ystops  profiling for all function in the list [3Xfuncs[103X. Recorded information is
  still kept, so you can display it even after turning the profiling off.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-7 ProfileMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XProfileMethods[102X( [3Xops[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ystarts profiling of the methods for all operations in the list [3Xops[103X.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-8 UnprofileMethods[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUnprofileMethods[102X( [3Xops[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ystops  profiling of the methods for all operations in the list [3Xops[103X. Recorded
  information  is  still  kept,  so  you can display it even after turning the
  profiling off.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-9 DisplayProfile[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XDisplayProfile[102X( [[3Xfunctions[103X][,] [[3Xmincount[103X, [3Xmintime[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XGAPInfo.ProfileThreshold[102X [32X global variable[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalled  without  arguments,  [2XDisplayProfile[102X displays the profile information
  for  profiled operations, methods and functions. If an argument [3Xfunctions[103X is
  given,  only  profile information for the functions in the list [3Xfunctions[103X is
  shown.  If  two integer values [3Xmincount[103X, [3Xmintime[103X are given as arguments then
  the  output  is  restricted  to  those  functions  that were called at least
  [3Xmincount[103X  times  or  for which the total time spent (see below) was at least
  [3Xmintime[103X  milliseconds. The defaults for [3Xmincount[103X and [3Xmintime[103X are the entries
  of the list stored in the global variable [2XGAPInfo.ProfileThreshold[102X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe default value of [2XGAPInfo.ProfileThreshold[102X is [10X[ 10000, 30 ][110X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YProfile  information  is  displayed  in  a  list  of lines for all functions
  (including  operations  and  methods) which are profiled. For each function,
  [21Xcount[121X  gives the number of times the function has been called. [21Xself/ms[121X gives
  the  time  (in  milliseconds) spent in the function itself, [21Xchld/ms[121X the time
  (in  milliseconds)  spent  in  profiled  functions  called  from within this
  function,  [21Xstor/kb[121X  the  amount  of  storage (in kilobytes) allocated by the
  function  itself,  [21Xchld/kb[121X the amount of storage (in kilobytes) allocated by
  profiled functions called from within this function, and [21Xpackage[121X the name of
  the  [5XGAP[105X package to which the function belongs; the entry [21XGAP[121X in this column
  means  that the function belongs to the [5XGAP[105X library, the entry [21X(oprt.)[121X means
  that  the  function  is an operation (which may belong to several packages),
  and an empty entry means that [2XFilenameFunc[102X ([14X5.1-4[114X) cannot determine in which
  file the function is defined.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  list is sorted according to the total time spent in the functions, that
  is the sum of the values in the columns [21Xself/ms[121X and [21Xchld/ms[121X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAt  the end of the list, two lines are printed that show the total time used
  and  the  total  memory allocated by the profiled functions not shown in the
  list   (label   [10XOTHER[110X)   and   by  all  profiled  functions  (label  [10XTOTAL[110X),
  respectively.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAn  interactive  variant  of  [2XDisplayProfile[102X  is  the function [2XBrowseProfile[102X
  ([14XBrowse: BrowseProfile[114X) that is provided by the [5XGAP[105X package [5XBrowse[105X.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-10 ClearProfile[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XClearProfile[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yclears all stored profile information.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.8-11 [33X[0;0YAn Example of Function Profiling[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YLet  us  suppose  we  want  to  get information about the computation of the
  conjugacy  classes of a certain permutation group. For that, first we create
  the  group,  then  we  start  profiling for all global functions and for all
  operations  and  their  methods,  then we compute the conjugacy classes, and
  then we stop profiling.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xg:= PrimitiveGroup( 24, 1 );;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileGlobalFunctions( true );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileOperationsAndMethods( true );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XConjugacyClasses( g );;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileGlobalFunctions( false );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileOperationsAndMethods( false );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YNow  the  profile  information is available. We can list the information for
  all profiled functions with [2XDisplayProfile[102X ([14X7.8-9[114X).[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XDisplayProfile();[127X[104X
    [4X[28X  count  self/ms  chld/ms  stor/kb  chld/kb  package  function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  17647        0        0      275        0  GAP      BasePoint[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10230        0        0      226        0  (oprt.)  ShallowCopy[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10139        0        0        0        0           PositionSortedOp: for*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10001        0        0      688        0           UniteSet: for two int*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10001        8        0       28      688  (oprt.)  UniteSet[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  14751       12        0        0        0           =: for two families: *[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10830        8        4      182      276  GAP      Concatenation[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2700       20       12      313       55  GAP      AddRefinement[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2444       28        4     3924      317  GAP      ConjugateStabChain[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   4368        0       32        7      714  (oprt.)  Size[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2174       32        4     1030      116  GAP      List[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    585        4       32       45      742  GAP      RRefine[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1532       32        8      194       56  GAP      AddGeneratorsExtendSc*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1221        8       32      349      420  GAP      Partition[128X[104X
    [4X[28X 185309       28       12        0        0  (oprt.)  Length[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    336        4       40       95      817  GAP      ExtendSeriesPermGroup[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      4       28       20      488      454  (oprt.)  Sortex[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2798        0       52       54      944  GAP      StabChainForcePoint[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    560        4       48       83      628  GAP      StabChainSwap[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    432       16       40      259      461  GAP      SubmagmaWithInversesNC[128X[104X
    [4X[28X 185553       48        8      915       94  (oprt.)  Add[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  (oprt.)  CentralizerOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  GAP      CentralizerOp: perm g*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  GAP      Centralizer: try to e*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    152        4       64        0     2024  (oprt.)  Centralizer[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1605        0       68        0     2032  (oprt.)  StabilizerOfExternalS*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       68        0     2024  GAP      Meth(StabilizerOfExte*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    382        0       96       69     1922  GAP      TryPcgsPermGroup[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   5130        4       96      309     3165  GAP      ForAll[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   7980       24      116      330     6434  GAP      ChangeStabChain[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  12076       12      136      351     6478  GAP      ProcessFixpoint[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    192        0      148        4     3029  GAP      StabChainMutable: cal*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2208        4      148        3     3083  (oprt.)  StabChainMutable[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    217        0      160        0     3177  (oprt.)  StabChainOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    217       12      148       60     3117  GAP      StabChainOp: group an*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    216       36      464      334    12546  GAP      PartitionBacktrack[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1479       12      668      566    18474  GAP      RepOpElmTuplesPermGro*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1453       12      684       56    18460  GAP      in: perm class rep[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    126        0      728       13    19233  GAP      ConjugacyClassesTry[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      1        0      736        0    19671  GAP      ConjugacyClassesByRan*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      2        0      736        2    19678  (oprt.)  ConjugacyClasses[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      1        0      736        0    19675  GAP      ConjugacyClasses: per*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  13400     1164        0        0        0  (oprt.)  Position[128X[104X
    [4X[28X             484             12052                    OTHER[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            2048             23319                    TOTAL[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YWe  can  restrict  the  list to global functions with [2XProfileGlobalFunctions[102X
  ([14X7.8-2[114X).[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileGlobalFunctions();[127X[104X
    [4X[28X  count  self/ms  chld/ms  stor/kb  chld/kb  package  function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  17647        0        0      275        0  GAP      BasePoint[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10830        8        4      182      276  GAP      Concatenation[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2700       20       12      313       55  GAP      AddRefinement[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2444       28        4     3924      317  GAP      ConjugateStabChain[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2174       32        4     1030      116  GAP      List[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    585        4       32       45      742  GAP      RRefine[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1532       32        8      194       56  GAP      AddGeneratorsExtendSc*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1221        8       32      349      420  GAP      Partition[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    336        4       40       95      817  GAP      ExtendSeriesPermGroup[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2798        0       52       54      944  GAP      StabChainForcePoint[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    560        4       48       83      628  GAP      StabChainSwap[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    432       16       40      259      461  GAP      SubmagmaWithInversesNC[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    382        0       96       69     1922  GAP      TryPcgsPermGroup[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   5130        4       96      309     3165  GAP      ForAll[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   7980       24      116      330     6434  GAP      ChangeStabChain[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  12076       12      136      351     6478  GAP      ProcessFixpoint[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    216       36      464      334    12546  GAP      PartitionBacktrack[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1479       12      668      566    18474  GAP      RepOpElmTuplesPermGro*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    126        0      728       13    19233  GAP      ConjugacyClassesTry[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      1        0      736        0    19671  GAP      ConjugacyClassesByRan*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            1804             14536                    OTHER[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            2048             23319                    TOTAL[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YWe can restrict the list to operations with [2XProfileOperations[102X ([14X7.8-3[114X).[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileOperations();[127X[104X
    [4X[28X  count  self/ms  chld/ms  stor/kb  chld/kb  package  function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10230        0        0      226        0  (oprt.)  ShallowCopy[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10001        8        0       28      688  (oprt.)  UniteSet[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   4368        0       32        7      714  (oprt.)  Size[128X[104X
    [4X[28X 185309       28       12        0        0  (oprt.)  Length[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      4       28       20      488      454  (oprt.)  Sortex[128X[104X
    [4X[28X 185553       48        8      915       94  (oprt.)  Add[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  (oprt.)  CentralizerOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    152        4       64        0     2024  (oprt.)  Centralizer[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1605        0       68        0     2032  (oprt.)  StabilizerOfExternalS*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2208        4      148        3     3083  (oprt.)  StabChainMutable[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    217        0      160        0     3177  (oprt.)  StabChainOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      2        0      736        2    19678  (oprt.)  ConjugacyClasses[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  13400     1164        0        0        0  (oprt.)  Position[128X[104X
    [4X[28X             764             21646                    OTHER[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            2048             23319                    TOTAL[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YWe   can   restrict   the   list   to  operations  and  their  methods  with
  [2XProfileOperationsAndMethods[102X ([14X7.8-4[114X).[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileOperationsAndMethods();[127X[104X
    [4X[28X  count  self/ms  chld/ms  stor/kb  chld/kb  package  function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10230        0        0      226        0  (oprt.)  ShallowCopy[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10139        0        0        0        0           PositionSortedOp: for*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10001        0        0      688        0           UniteSet: for two int*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  10001        8        0       28      688  (oprt.)  UniteSet[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  14751       12        0        0        0           =: for two families: *[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   4368        0       32        7      714  (oprt.)  Size[128X[104X
    [4X[28X 185309       28       12        0        0  (oprt.)  Length[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      4       28       20      488      454  (oprt.)  Sortex[128X[104X
    [4X[28X 185553       48        8      915       94  (oprt.)  Add[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  (oprt.)  CentralizerOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  GAP      CentralizerOp: perm g*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       64        0     2023  GAP      Centralizer: try to e*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    152        4       64        0     2024  (oprt.)  Centralizer[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1605        0       68        0     2032  (oprt.)  StabilizerOfExternalS*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X     26        0       68        0     2024  GAP      Meth(StabilizerOfExte*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    192        0      148        4     3029  GAP      StabChainMutable: cal*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   2208        4      148        3     3083  (oprt.)  StabChainMutable[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    217        0      160        0     3177  (oprt.)  StabChainOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    217       12      148       60     3117  GAP      StabChainOp: group an*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   1453       12      684       56    18460  GAP      in: perm class rep[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      2        0      736        2    19678  (oprt.)  ConjugacyClasses[128X[104X
    [4X[28X      1        0      736        0    19675  GAP      ConjugacyClasses: per*[128X[104X
    [4X[28X  13400     1164        0        0        0  (oprt.)  Position[128X[104X
    [4X[28X             728             20834                    OTHER[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            2048             23319                    TOTAL[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YFinally,  we  can  restrict  the  list  to  explicitly  given functions with
  [2XDisplayProfile[102X ([14X7.8-9[114X), by entering the list of functions as an argument.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XDisplayProfile( [ StabChainOp, Centralizer ] );[127X[104X
    [4X[28X  count  self/ms  chld/ms  stor/kb  chld/kb  package  function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    152        4       64        0     2024  (oprt.)  Centralizer[128X[104X
    [4X[28X    217        0      160        0     3177  (oprt.)  StabChainOp[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            2044             23319                    OTHER[128X[104X
    [4X[28X            2048             23319                    TOTAL[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  
  [1X7.8-12 [33X[0;0YLine By Line Profiling[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YLine  By  Line profiling tracks which lines have been executed in a piece of
  GAP code. Built into GAP are the methods necessary to generate profiles, the
  resulting profiles can be displayed with the 'profiling' package.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.8-13 [33X[0;0YLine by Line profiling example[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThere are two kinds of profiles GAP can build:[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6YCoverage : This records which lines of code are executed[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6YTiming  :  This  records how much time is spend executing each line of
        code[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YA timing profile provides more information, but will take longer to generate
  and   parse.   A   timing   profile   is   generated   using  the  functions
  [2XProfileLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-14[114X) and [2XUnprofileLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-16[114X), as follows:[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XProfileLineByLine("output.gz");[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSize(AlternatingGroup(10)); ; # Execute some GAP code you want to profile[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XUnprofileLineByLine();[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YFor code coverage, use instead the functions [2XCoverageLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-15[114X) and
  [2XUncoverageLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-17[114X). The profiler will only record lines which are
  read and executed while the profiler is running. If you want to perform code
  coverage  or  profile  GAP's  library, then you can use the GAP command line
  option  '--cover  filename.gz',  which  executes [2XCoverageLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-15[114X)
  before  GAP  starts.  Similarly  the  option  '--prof  filename.gz' executes
  [2XProfileLineByLine[102X  ([14X7.8-14[114X)  before GAP starts. The profiler is designed for
  high  performance,  because  of this, there are some limitations which users
  should be aware of:[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6YBy  default the profiler records the wall-clock time which has passed,
        rather  than the CPU time taken (because it is lower overhead), so any
        time  taken writing commands will be charged to the last GAP statement
        which  was  executed. Therefore it is better to write a function which
        starts profiling, executes your code, and then stops profiling.[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6YIf   you  end  the  filename  with  ".gz",  the  resulting  file  will
        automatically be compressed. This is highly recommended![133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6YThe  profiler  can  only  track GAP code which occurs in a function --
        this  is  most  obvious  when looking at code coverage examples, which
        will appear to miss lines of code in files not in a function.[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6YIf  the  current  GAP  is forked, using the [10XIO_fork[110X function in the [5XIO[105X
        package,  a  new profile output file will be created for the new child
        process,  with  the process ID of the child attached to the end of the
        filename.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YProfiles  are  transformed  into  a  human-readable  form  with  'profiling'
  package, for example with the 'OutputAnnotatedCodeCoverageFiles' function.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-14 ProfileLineByLine[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XProfileLineByLine[102X( [3Xfilename[103X[, [3Xoptions[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XProfileLineByLine[102X  begins GAP recording profiling data to the file [3Xfilename[103X.
  This  file will get *very* large very quickly. This file is compressed using
  gzip  to  reduce  its  size.  [3Xoptions[103X  is an optional dictionary, which sets
  various configuration options. These are[133X
  
  [8Xcoverage[108X
        [33X[0;6YBoolean  (defaults  to  false).  If  this is enabled, only information
        about  which  lines  are read and executed is stored. Enabling this is
        the  same  as  calling [2XCoverageLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-15[114X). Using this ignores
        all other options.[133X
  
  [8XwallTime[108X
        [33X[0;6YBoolean  (defaults  to  true).  Sets  if time should be measured using
        wall-clock  time (true) or CPU time (false). (measuring CPU-time has a
        higher overhead).[133X
  
  [8XrecordMem[108X
        [33X[0;6YBoolean  (defaults  to false). Instead of recording the CPU time taken
        by  statements,  record  the  total size of all new objects created by
        each line.[133X
  
  [8Xresolution[108X
        [33X[0;6YInteger  (defaults  to 0). By default profiling will record a trace of
        all executed code. When [3Xresolution[103X non-zero, GAP instead samples which
        piece   of  code  is  being  executed  every  [3Xresolution[103X  nanoseconds.
        Increasing  this  improves performance and produces smaller traces, at
        the   cost  of  accuracy.  GAP  will  still  accurately  record  which
        statements are executed at least once.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-15 CoverageLineByLine[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XCoverageLineByLine[102X( [3Xfilename[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XCoverageLineByLine[102X  begins GAP recording code coverage to the file [3Xfilename[103X.
  This is equivalent to calling [2XProfileLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-14[114X) with coverage=true.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-16 UnprofileLineByLine[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUnprofileLineByLine[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YStops profiling which was previously started with [2XProfileLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-14[114X)
  or [2XCoverageLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-15[114X).[133X
  
  [1X7.8-17 UncoverageLineByLine[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XUncoverageLineByLine[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YStops profiling which was previously started with [2XProfileLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-14[114X)
  or [2XCoverageLineByLine[102X ([14X7.8-15[114X).[133X
  
  [1X7.8-18 IsLineByLineProfileActive[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XIsLineByLineProfileActive[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XIsLineByLineProfileActive[102X  returns  if  line-by-line  profiling is currently
  activated.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-19 DisplayCacheStats[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XDisplayCacheStats[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Ydisplays statistics about the different caches used by the method selection.[133X
  
  [1X7.8-20 ClearCacheStats[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XClearCacheStats[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yclears  all  statistics  about  the  different  caches  used  by  the method
  selection.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.9 [33X[0;0YInformation about the version used[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  global  variable  [10XGAPInfo.Version[110X  (see  [2XGAPInfo[102X  ([14X3.5-1[114X)) contains the
  version number of the version of [5XGAP[105X. Its value can be checked other version
  number using [2XCompareVersionNumbers[102X ([14X76.3-9[114X).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YTo  produce  sample  citations  for the used version of [5XGAP[105X or for a package
  available in this [5XGAP[105X installation, use [2XCite[102X ([14X76.3-19[114X).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  you  wish  to  report  a  problem to [5XGAP[105X Support or [5XGAP[105X Forum, it may be
  useful  to  not  only  report  the version used, but also to include the [5XGAP[105X
  banner  displays  the  information  about the architecture for which the [5XGAP[105X
  binary is built, used libraries and loaded packages.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.10 [33X[0;0YTest Files[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YTest  files  are  used to check that [5XGAP[105X produces correct results in certain
  computations.  A selection of test files for the library can be found in the
  [11Xtst[111X directory of the [5XGAP[105X distribution.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.10-1 [33X[0;0YStarting and stopping test[133X[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSTART_TEST[102X( [3Xname[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSTOP_TEST[102X( [3Xname[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XSTART_TEST[102X  and  [2XSTOP_TEST[102X may be optionally used in files that are read via
  [2XTest[102X ([14X7.10-2[114X). If used, [2XSTART_TEST[102X reinitializes[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Ythe caches (see [2XFlushCaches[102X ([14X79.10-4[114X)),[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Ythe   global   random  number  generators  (see  [2XGlobalMersenneTwister[102X
        ([14X14.7-4[114X)), and[133X
  
  [30X    [33X[0;6Ythe global options stack (see Chapter [14X8[114X),[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yin order to be independent of the reading order of several test files.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YFurthermore, the assertion level (see [2XAssert[102X ([14X7.5-3[114X)) is set to [22X2[122X (if it was
  lower  before)  by  [2XSTART_TEST[102X  and  set  back  to the previous value in the
  subsequent [2XSTOP_TEST[102X call.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAlso  [2XSTOP_TEST[102X  reinitializes  the global options stack, otherwise it could
  happen  that  options which got set during the tests are not reset after the
  tests.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YTo use this feature, a test file should be started with a line[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSTART_TEST( "arbitrary identifier string" );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0Y(Note that the [10Xgap> [110X prompt is part of the line!)[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Yand should be finished with a line[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSTOP_TEST( "same identifier string as for START_TEST" );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf you want to run a quick test of your [5XGAP[105X installation (though this is not
  required),  you  can  read  in  a  test  script  that  exercises  some [5XGAP[105X's
  capabilities.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRead( Filename( DirectoriesLibrary( "tst" ), "testinstall.g" ) );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[28Xtest file         time(msec)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X-------------------------------------------[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xtesting: ................/gap4r5/tst/zlattice.tst[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xzlattice.tst               0[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xtesting: ................/gap4r5/tst/gaussian.tst[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xgaussian.tst              10[128X[104X
    [4X[28X[ further lines deleted ][128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf you want to run a more advanced check (this is not required and make take
  up to an hour), you can read [11Xteststandard.g[111X which is an extended test script
  performing all tests from the [11Xtst[111X directory.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRead( Filename( DirectoriesLibrary( "tst" ), "teststandard.g" ) );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [1X7.10-2 Test[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTest[102X( [3Xfname[103X[, [3Xoptrec[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  [6XReturns:[106X  [33X[0;10Y[9Xtrue[109X or [9Xfalse[109X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  argument  [3Xfname[103X must be the name of a file or an open input stream. The
  content  of  this  file  or  stream should contain [5XGAP[105X input and output. The
  function  [2XTest[102X  runs  the  input  lines, compares the actual output with the
  output  stored  in [3Xfname[103X and reports differences. With an optional record as
  argument  [3Xoptrec[103X  details  of  this  process  can be adjusted. Note that the
  [10XrewriteToFile[110X option is especially useful for generating test files.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YMore precisely, the content of [3Xfname[103X must have the following format.[133X
  [33X[0;0YLines  starting  with  [10X"gap> "[110X  are  considered  as  [5XGAP[105X  input, they can be
  followed  by lines starting with [10X"> "[110X if the input is continued over several
  lines.[133X
  [33X[0;0YTo  allow  for comments in [3Xfname[103X the following lines are ignored by default:
  lines  at  the  beginning of [3Xfname[103X that start with [10X"#"[110X or are empty, and one
  empty line together with one or more lines starting with [10X"#"[110X.[133X
  [33X[0;0YAll other lines are considered as [5XGAP[105X output from the preceding [5XGAP[105X input.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YLines  which  begin "#@" define special configuration options for tests. The
  [10X#@local[110X  and  [10X#@exec[110X  options can only be used before any [5XGAP[105X input, and the
  other commands can only be used between individual tests (just before a line
  starting [10Xgap>[110X, or at end of the file). Currently defined options are:[133X
  
  [8X#@local identifierlist[108X
        [33X[0;6YRun  all  the  tests in the input as if it is in a function with local
        variable  list  [10Xidentifierlist[110X,  which  is  a  comma-separated list of
        identifiers.  Multiple  #@local  lines may be used. These lines should
        [13Xnot[113X  end  with  a  comma  or semicolon. If this option is used then an
        error  will  occur  unless  [13Xall[113X the variables used are included in the
        local list.[133X
  
        [33X[0;6YAs  an  example,  the  [5XUtils[105X  package has a test file [10Xtst/iterator.tst[110X
        which starts with the lines:[133X
  
  [4X      [32X  Example  [32X[104X
          [4X[28X#@local  c3c3, cart, G, h, it1, it2, iter, iter0, iter4, iterL[128X[104X
          [4X[28X#@local  L, n, pairs0, pairs4, pairsL, s3, s4[128X[104X
        [4X[32X[104X
  
  [8X#@exec gapcode[108X
        [33X[0;6YExecute  the  code  [10Xgapcode[110X  before any test in the input is run. This
        allows defining global variables when using [10X#@local[110X.[133X
  
  [8X#@if EXPR ... {#@elif EXPR ...} [#@else ...] #@fi[108X
        [33X[0;6YA  [10X#@if[110X allows to conditionally skip parts of the test input depending
        on  the  value  of a boolean expression. The exact behavior is done as
        follows:[133X
  
        [33X[0;6YIf  the  first  [5XGAP[105X  expression [10XEXPR[110X evaluates to [9Xtrue[109X, then the lines
        after  the  [10X#@if[110X  are  used  until  either a [10X#@elif[110X, [10X#@else[110X or [10X#@fi[110X is
        reached. If an [10X#@elif[110X is present, then the lines after [10X#@elif[110X are used
        if  and  only  if its [10XEXPR[110X evaluates to [9Xtrue[109X and all previous [10X#@if[110X and
        [10X#@elif[110X  clauses  had expressions evaluating to [9Xfalse[109X. In this case the
        lines  after  [10X#@elif[110X are used until either a [10X#@elif[110X, [10X#@else[110X or [10X#@fi[110X is
        reached.  If  an [10X#@else[110X is present then the lines after the [10X#@else[110X are
        used  if  and  only  if [10XEXPR[110X evaluated to [9Xfalse[109X in all [10X#@if[110X and [10X#@elif[110X
        clauses. Finally, once [10X#fi[110X is reached, evaluation continues normally.[133X
  
        [33X[0;6YNote  that  each  [10XEXPR[110X  is  evaluated after all [10X#@exec[110X lines have been
        executed  but before any tests are run. Thus, it cannot depend on test
        results  or  packages  loaded  in tests, but it can depend on packages
        loaded via [10X#@exec[110X.[133X
  
        [33X[0;6YIn addition [10X#@if[110X clauses cannot be nested within each other.[133X
  
        [33X[0;6YAs   an   example,   the   [5XGAP[105X  test  suite  contains  the  test  file
        [10Xtst/testinstall/pperm.tst[110X which contains the lines:[133X
  
  [4X      [32X  Example  [32X[104X
          [4X[28X#@if GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable = 8[128X[104X
          [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XHASH_FUNC_FOR_PPERM(f, 10 ^ 6) in [260581, 402746];[127X[104X
          [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
          [4X[28X#@else[128X[104X
          [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XHASH_FUNC_FOR_PPERM(f, 10 ^ 6);[127X[104X
          [4X[28X953600[128X[104X
          [4X[28X#@fi[128X[104X
        [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YBy default the actual [5XGAP[105X output is compared exactly with the stored output,
  and  if  these  are  different  some  information  about  the differences is
  printed.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf any differences are found then [2XTest[102X returns [9Xfalse[109X, otherwise [9Xtrue[109X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the optional argument [3Xoptrec[103X is given it must be a record. The following
  components  of [3Xoptrec[103X are recognized and can change the default behaviour of
  [2XTest[102X:[133X
  
  [8X[10XignoreComments[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  set to [9Xfalse[109X then no lines in [3Xfname[103X are ignored as explained above
        (default is [9Xtrue[109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10Xwidth[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YThe screen width used for the new output (default is [10X80[110X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XcompareFunction[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YThis  must  be  a  function  that gets two strings as input, the newly
        generated  and  the stored output of some [5XGAP[105X input. The function must
        return  [9Xtrue[109X  or [9Xfalse[109X, indicating if the strings should be considered
        equivalent or not. By default [2X\=[102X ([14X31.11-1[114X) is used.[133X
        [33X[0;6YTwo  strings  are  recognized  as  abbreviations  in  this  component:
        [10X"uptowhitespace"[110X checks if the two strings become equal after removing
        all  white  space.  And  [10X"uptonl"[110X  compares  the string up to trailing
        newline characters.[133X
  
  [8X[10XtransformFunction[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YThis  must  be  a  function  that gets one string as input, either the
        newly  generated  or the stored output of some [5XGAP[105X input. The function
        must  return a new string which will be used to compare the actual and
        the expected output. By default [2XIdFunc[102X ([14X5.4-6[114X) is used.[133X
        [33X[0;6YTwo  strings  are  recognized  as  abbreviations  in  this  component:
        [10X"removewhitespace"[110X removes all white space. And [10X"removenl"[110X removes all
        trailing newline characters.[133X
  
  [8X[10XreportDiff[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YA  function  that  gets  six arguments and reports a difference in the
        output:  the  [5XGAP[105X  input, the expected [5XGAP[105X output, the newly generated
        output,  the  name  of  tested file, the line number of the input, the
        time  to  run  the  input. (The default is demonstrated in the example
        below.)[133X
  
  [8X[10XrewriteToFile[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  this is bound to a string it is considered as a file name and that
        file is written with the same input and comment lines as [3Xfname[103X but the
        output  substituted  by the newly generated version; if it is bound to
        [9Xtrue[109X,  then  this  is  treated as if it was bound to [3Xfname[103X (default is
        [9Xfalse[109X). This is especially useful for generating test files because it
        ensures that the test files are formatted exactly as [2XTest[102X expects them
        to be.[133X
  
  [8X[10XwriteTimings[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  this  is  bound  to a string it is considered as a file name, that
        file  is  written  and  contains  timing information for each input in
        [3Xfname[103X.[133X
  
  [8X[10XcompareTimings[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  this  is  bound  to a string it is considered as name of a file to
        which  timing  information  was  stored via [10XwriteTimings[110X in a previous
        call. The new timings are compared to the stored ones. By default only
        commands  which  take  more  than  a threshold of 100 milliseconds are
        considered,  and  only  differences  of  more  than 20% are considered
        significant.  These  defaults  can  be overwritten by assigning a list
        [10X[timingfile, threshold, percentage][110X to this component. (The default of
        [10XcompareTimings[110X is [9Xfalse[109X.)[133X
  
  [8X[10XreportTimeDiff[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YThis  component  can  be  used  to  overwrite  the default function to
        display  timing  differences.  It must be a function with 5 arguments:
        [5XGAP[105X input, name of test file, line number, stored time, new time.[133X
  
  [8X[10XignoreSTOP_TEST[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YBy  default set to [9Xtrue[109X, in that case the output of [5XGAP[105X input starting
        with [10X"STOP_TEST"[110X is not checked.[133X
  
  [8X[10XshowProgress[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  this  is  [9Xtrue[109X  then [5XGAP[105X prints position information and the input
        line  before  it  is  processed;  if set to [10X"some"[110X, then GAP shows the
        current  line  number of the test being processed; if set to [9Xfalse[109X, no
        progress updates are displayed (default is [10X"some"[110X if GAP's output goes
        to a terminal, otherwise [9Xfalse[109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XsubsWindowsLineBreaks[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  this  is  [9Xtrue[109X  then [5XGAP[105X substitutes DOS/Windows style line breaks
        "\r\n"  by  UNIX  style  line breaks "\n" after reading the test file.
        (default is [9Xtrue[109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XreturnNumFailures[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf this is [9Xtrue[109X then [5XGAP[105X returns the number of input lines of the test
        file  which had differences in their output, instead of returning [9Xtrue[109X
        or [9Xfalse[109X.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xtnam := Filename(DirectoriesLibrary(), "../doc/ref/demo.tst");;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xmask := function(str) return Concatenation("| ",[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X         JoinStringsWithSeparator(SplitString(str, "\n", ""), "\n| "),[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X         "\n"); end;;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XPrint(mask(StringFile(tnam)));[127X[104X
    [4X[28X| # this is a demo file for the 'Test' function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| #[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| gap> g := Group((1,2), (1,2,3));[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| Group([ (1,2), (1,2,3) ])[128X[104X
    [4X[28X|[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| # another comment following an empty line[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| # the following fails:[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| gap> a := 13+29;[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| 41[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xss := InputTextString(StringFile(tnam));;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XTest(ss);[127X[104X
    [4X[28X########> Diff in test stream, line 8:[128X[104X
    [4X[28X# Input is:[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xa := 13+29;[128X[104X
    [4X[28X# Expected output:[128X[104X
    [4X[28X41[128X[104X
    [4X[28X# But found:[128X[104X
    [4X[28X42[128X[104X
    [4X[28X########[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xfalse[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XRewindStream(ss);[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdtmp := DirectoryTemporary();;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xftmp := Filename(dtmp,"demo.tst");;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XTest(ss, rec(reportDiff := Ignore, rewriteToFile := ftmp));[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xfalse[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XTest(ftmp);[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XPrint(mask(StringFile(ftmp)));[127X[104X
    [4X[28X| # this is a demo file for the 'Test' function[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| #[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| gap> g := Group((1,2), (1,2,3));[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| Group([ (1,2), (1,2,3) ])[128X[104X
    [4X[28X|[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| # another comment following an empty line[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| # the following fails:[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| gap> a := 13+29;[128X[104X
    [4X[28X| 42[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [1X7.10-3 TestDirectory[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XTestDirectory[102X( [3Xinlist[103X[, [3Xoptrec[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  [6XReturns:[106X  [33X[0;10Y[9Xtrue[109X or [9Xfalse[109X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe argument [3Xinlist[103X must be either a single filename or directory name, or a
  list  of filenames and directories. The function [2XTestDirectory[102X will create a
  list  of  files  to be tested by taking any files in [3Xinlist[103X, and recursively
  searching  any directories in [3Xinlist[103X for files ending in [10X.tst[110X. Each of these
  files  is  then run through [2XTest[102X ([14X7.10-2[114X), and the results printed, and [9Xtrue[109X
  returned if all tests passed.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the optional argument [3Xoptrec[103X is given it must be a record. Note that the
  [10XrewriteToFile[110X  option  is  especially  useful for generating test files. The
  following  components  of  [3Xoptrec[103X  are recognized and can change the default
  behaviour of [2XTestDirectory[102X:[133X
  
  [8X[10XtestOptions[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YA  record  which  will  be  passed  on  as the second argument of [2XTest[102X
        ([14X7.10-2[114X) if present.[133X
  
  [8X[10XearlyStop[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf [9Xtrue[109X, stop as soon as any [2XTest[102X ([14X7.10-2[114X) fails (defaults to [9Xfalse[109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XshowProgress[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YPrint  information about how tests are progressing (defaults to [10X"some"[110X
        if GAP's output goes to a terminal, otherwise [9Xfalse[109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XsuppressStatusMessage[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6Ysuppress  displaying  status messages [10X#I Errors detected while testing[110X
        and  [10X#I  No  errors detected while testing[110X after the test (defaults to
        [9Xfalse[109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XrewriteToFile[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  [9Xtrue[109X,  then  rewrite  each  test  file  to  disc,  with the output
        substituted  by  the  results of running the test (defaults to [9Xfalse[109X).
        This is especially useful for generating test files because it ensures
        that  the  test  files  are formatted exactly as [2XTest[102X ([14X7.10-2[114X) expects
        them to be.[133X
  
  [8X[10Xexclude[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YA list of file and directory names which will be excluded from testing
        (defaults to [9X[][109X).[133X
  
  [8X[10XexitGAP[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YRather than returning [9Xtrue[109X or [9Xfalse[109X, exit GAP with the return value of
        GAP set to success or fail, depending on if all tests passed (defaults
        to [9Xfalse[109X).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YSee  also [2XTestPackage[102X ([14X76.3-5[114X) for the information on running standard tests
  for [5XGAP[105X packages.[133X
  
  
  [1X7.11 [33X[0;0YDebugging Recursion[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [5XGAP[105X  interpreter  monitors the level of nesting of [5XGAP[105X functions during
  execution. By default, whenever this nesting reaches a multiple of [22X5000[122X, [5XGAP[105X
  enters  a  break  loop  ([14X6.4[114X)  allowing you to terminate the calculation, or
  enter [12XReturn[112X[10X;[110X to continue it.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive:= function(depth) if depth>1 then dive(depth-1); fi; return; end;[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xfunction( depth ) ... end[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(100);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XOnBreak:= function() Where(2); end;; # shorter traceback[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(6000);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XError, recursion depth trap (5000)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X*[1] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28X [2] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28X...  at *stdin*:4[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xyou may 'return;'[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X [27Xreturn;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(11000);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XError, recursion depth trap (5000)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X*[1] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28X [2] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28X...  at *stdin*:5[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xyou may 'return;'[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X [27Xreturn;[127X[104X
    [4X[28XError, recursion depth trap (10000)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X*[1] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28X [2] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:1[128X[104X
    [4X[28X...  at *stdin*:5[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xyou may 'return;'[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X [27Xreturn;gap>[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis behaviour can be controlled using the following procedures.[133X
  
  [1X7.11-1 SetRecursionTrapInterval[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetRecursionTrapInterval[102X( [3Xinterval[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XGetRecursionDepth[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XGetRecursionDepth[102X  returns the nesting level of the GAP interpreter. This is
  reset  to  0  every time the break loop is entered. [2XSetRecursionTrapInterval[102X
  sets the depth of the stack at which GAP will enter the Break loop. [3Xinterval[103X
  must  be a non-negative small integer (between 0 and [22X2^28[122X). An [3Xinterval[103X of 0
  suppresses  the  monitoring  of recursion altogether. In this case excessive
  recursion may cause [5XGAP[105X to crash.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XGetRecursionDepth();[127X[104X
    [4X[28X0[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive := function(depth)[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X if depth>1 then[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X   dive(depth-1);[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X else[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X   Print("Depth ", GetRecursionDepth());[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27X fi;[127X[104X
    [4X[25X>[125X [27Xend;;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSetRecursionTrapInterval(1000);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XOnBreak:= function() Where(2); end;; # shorter traceback[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(100);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XDepth 100[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(2500);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XError, recursion depth trap (1000)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X*[1] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:4[128X[104X
    [4X[28X [2] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:4[128X[104X
    [4X[28X...  at *stdin*:12[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xyou may 'return;'[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X [27Xreturn;[127X[104X
    [4X[28XError, recursion depth trap (2000)[128X[104X
    [4X[28X*[1] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:4[128X[104X
    [4X[28X [2] dive( depth - 1 );[128X[104X
    [4X[28X   @ *stdin*:4[128X[104X
    [4X[28X...  at *stdin*:12[128X[104X
    [4X[28Xyou may 'return;'[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X [27XGetRecursionDepth();[127X[104X
    [4X[28X0[128X[104X
    [4X[26Xbrk>[126X [27Xreturn;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XSetRecursionTrapInterval(2^50);[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(20000);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XDepth 20000[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xdive(2000000);[127X[104X
    [4X[28XSegmentation fault[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  
  [1X7.12 [33X[0;0YGlobal Memory Information[133X[101X
  
  
  [1X7.12-1 [33X[0;0YGarbage Collection[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [5XGAP[105X  environment  provides  automatic  memory  management,  so that the
  programmer  does  not  need  to concern themselves with allocating space for
  objects,  or  recovering space when objects are no longer needed. The memory
  manager  that  shall be used by [5XGAP[105X is specified at compile time. One of the
  choices  is  called [10XGASMAN[110X ([5XGAP[105X Storage MANager). (The name of the currently
  used garbage collector is stored in the variable [10XGAPInfo.KernelInfo.GC[110X.)[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  [5XGAP[105X uses [10XGASMAN[110X then messages reporting garbage collections performed by
  [10XGASMAN[110X  can  be switched on by the [10X-g[110X command line option (see section [14X3.1[114X).
  There  are  also  some facilities to access information from [10XGASMAN[110X from [5XGAP[105X
  programs, see below.[133X
  
  [1X7.12-2 CollectGarbage[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XCollectGarbage[102X( [3Xfull[103X ) [32X function[133X
  [6XReturns:[106X  [33X[0;10Ynothing.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function forces a garbage collection. If [3Xfull[103X is [9Xtrue[109X then it triggers
  a full garbage collection, otherwise a partial one.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[5XGAP[105X  invokes  its garbage collector automatically, thus there is normally no
  need to call [2XCollectGarbage[102X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  function  [2XCollectGarbage[102X  was  introduced  in  [5XGAP[105X 4.12.  In  older [5XGAP[105X
  versions,  one  can  use  [10XGASMAN(  "collect"  )[110X (if [3Xfull[103X is [9Xtrue[109X) or [10XGASMAN(
  "partial" )[110X (if [3Xfull[103X is not [9Xtrue[109X) instead.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XCollectGarbage( false );[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XCollectGarbage( true );[127X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [1X7.12-3 GasmanStatistics[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XGasmanStatistics[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function is meaningful only if [10XGASMAN[110X is the garbage collector used by
  [5XGAP[105X, see Section [14X7.12-1[114X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XGasmanStatistics[102X  returns  a  record  containing  some  information from the
  garbage  collection mechanism. The record may contain up to four components:
  [10Xfull[110X, [10Xpartial[110X, [10Xnpartial[110X, and [10Xnfull[110X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [10Xfull[110X  component  will be present if a full garbage collection has taken
  place  since [5XGAP[105X started. It contains information about the most recent full
  garbage collection. It is a record, with eight components: [10Xlivebags[110X contains
  the  number  of  bags which survived the garbage collection; [10Xlivekb[110X contains
  the  total number of kilobytes occupied by those bags; [10Xdeadbags[110X contains the
  total number of bags which were reclaimed by that garbage collection and all
  the  partial  garbage  collections  preceding  it,  since  the previous full
  garbage  collection;  [10Xdeadkb[110X contains the total number of kilobytes occupied
  by those bags; [10Xfreekb[110X reports the total number of kilobytes available in the
  [5XGAP[105X  workspace  for  new  objects;  [10Xtotalkb[110X  reports  the actual size of the
  workspace;  [10Xtime[110X  reports  the  CPU  time  in milliseconds spent on the last
  garbage  collection  and [10Xcumulative[110X the total CPU time in milliseconds spent
  on that type of garbage collection since [5XGAP[105X started.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThese figures should be viewed with some caution. They are stored internally
  in  fixed  length  integer  formats,  and  [10Xdeadkb[110X and [10Xdeadbags[110X are liable to
  overflow  if  there  are  many partial collections before a full collection.
  Also,  note  that  [10Xlivekb[110X and [10Xfreekb[110X will not usually add up to [10Xtotalkb[110X. The
  difference  is  essentially  the  space  overhead  of  the memory management
  system.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [10Xpartial[110X  component  will be present if there has been a partial garbage
  collection  since  the  last full one. It is also a record with the same six
  components  as  [10Xfull[110X.  In  this  case  [10Xdeadbags[110X and [10Xdeadkb[110X refer only to the
  number  and total size of the garbage bags reclaimed in this partial garbage
  collection  and [10Xlivebags[110Xand [10Xlivekb[110X only to the numbers and total size of the
  young bags that were considered for garbage collection, and survived.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [10Xnpartial[110X  and  [10Xnfull[110X  components  will  contain  the number of full and
  partial garbage collections performed since [5XGAP[105X started.[133X
  
  [1X7.12-4 GasmanMessageStatus[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XGasmanMessageStatus[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XSetGasmanMessageStatus[102X( [3Xstat[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function is meaningful only if [10XGASMAN[110X is the garbage collector used by
  [5XGAP[105X, see Section [14X7.12-1[114X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XGasmanMessageStatus[102X  returns  one  of  the strings [10X"none"[110X, [10X"full"[110X, or [10X"all"[110X,
  depending  on  whether  the  garbage  collector  is  currently  set to print
  messages  on  no  collections,  full  collections  only, or all collections,
  respectively.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YCalling  [2XSetGasmanMessageStatus[102X  with the argument [3Xstat[103X, which should be one
  of  the  three strings mentioned above, sets the garbage collector messaging
  level.[133X
  
  [1X7.12-5 GasmanLimits[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XGasmanLimits[102X(  ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function is meaningful only if [10XGASMAN[110X is the garbage collector used by
  [5XGAP[105X, see Section [14X7.12-1[114X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XGasmanLimits[102X  returns  a  record  with  three components: [10Xmin[110X is the minimum
  workspace  size  as  set  by  the  [10X-m[110X  command line option in kilobytes. The
  workspace  size  will  never be reduced below this by the garbage collector.
  [10Xmax[110X  is  the  maximum  workspace size, as set by the [10X-o[110X command line option,
  also  in kilobytes. If the workspace would need to grow past this point, [5XGAP[105X
  will  enter  a break loop to warn the user. A value of 0 indicates no limit.
  [10Xkill[110X  is  the  absolute  maximum,  set  by  the  [10X-K[110X command line option. The
  workspace will never be allowed to grow past this limit.[133X
  
