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1.11.3 Obsolete and obsolescent functions

As the language evolves some functions might become obsolete, maybe just more sensibly renamed. This is the list of such functions: see in the manual for reasons/updates.

AllReducedGroebnerBases [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] Renamed to GroebnerFanIdeals
Call [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] apply a function to given arguments
Cast [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] type conversion
ColumnVectors [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] list of module elements
Comp [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] access a component
CompleteToOrd [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to MakeTermOrdMat
E_ [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] vectors of the canonical basis
Function [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE]
functions [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] replaced by describe
Get [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] replaced by GetLine
ID [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to RingID
ILogBase [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to FloorLogBase
IsInSubalgebra [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] check if one polynomial is in a subalgebra
IsNumber [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] checks if the argument is a number
isqrt [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to FloorSqrt
LinKerModP [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] find the kernel of a matrix mod p
LinSol [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to LinSolve
MapDown [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] convert a constant polynomial to a number
Mod2Rat [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] reconstruct rationals from modular integers
NewId [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] create a new identifier
NFsAreZero [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE]test if normal forms are zero
Option [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] status of a panel option
panel [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] print status of a panel's options
panels [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] list of CoCoA panels
PoincareMultiDeg [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] Renamed to HilbertSeriesMultiDeg
PoincareShifts [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] Renamed to HilbertSeriesShifts
PrimaryDecomposition0 [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE]
randomize [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] randomize the coefficients of a given polynomial
randomized [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] randomize the coefficients of a given polynomial
RefineGCDFreeBasis [OBSOLETE]	refine an integer GCD free basis
Reset [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] reset panels and random number seed to defaults
ResetPanels [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] reset panels to their default values
RingEnv [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] name of the ring environment
RingSet [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to RingsOf
seed [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] replaced by reseed
size [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE]
SubalgebraMap [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] algebra homomorphism representing a subalgebra
TmpNBM [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] renamed to ApproxPointsNBM
Unset [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE] set and unset panel options
valuation [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE]
WLog [OBSOLETE]	[OBSOLETE]

Some functions are obsolescent, that means that they are still usable but will be deleted in some future version of CoCoA (leaving some time to adapt to the replacing function).

AffHilbert [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed AffHilbertFn
AffPoincare [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] Renamed to AffHilbertSeries
apply [OBSOLESCENT]	apply [OBSOLESCENT]
ArrDerMod [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to ArrDerModule
FactorAlgExt [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] factorization over algebraic extensions
hilbert [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to HilbertFn
HomogElimMat [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to ElimHomogMat
image [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] apply ring homomorphism
insert [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] insert an object in a list
log [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to exponents
MakeTermOrd [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to MakeTermOrdMat
MinGensGeneral [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to MinSubsetOfGens
minimalize [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT]
minimalized [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] Renamed: IdealOfMinGens and SubmoduleOfMinGens
MultiArrDerMod [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to MultiArrDerModule
NewLine [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] string containing a newline
NewRingFp [OBSOLESCENT]	create a new finite field
poincare [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] Renamed to HilbertSeries
PreImage [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT]
PrimaryPoincare [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to PrimaryHilbertSeries
rank [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] rank
ReadExpr [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed RingElem
RMap [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] define ring homomorphism for function image
SmoothFactor [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed: see FactorINT TrialDiv variant
SubalgebraRepr [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] representation of a polynomial as a subalgebra element
TensorMat [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] renamed to KroneckerProd
WeightsMatrix [OBSOLESCENT]	[OBSOLESCENT] matrix of generalized weights for indeterminates