<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear CMPL users,<br><br>I am pleased to announce the release of CMPL 1.7.0. <div><br></div><div><b>New features and change log </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div>cmplData file and new CMPL header entry %data</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A cmplData file is a plain text file that contains the definition of parameters, sets with </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>their values in a specific syntax. The parameters and sets can be read into a CMPL model by </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>using the new CMPL header entry %data.</div><div><br></div><div>Indices and sets for n-tuples with n>1</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>An index is always an n-tuple, where n is the count of dimensions of an array. Since this version</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>is it possible to define and use sets for n-tuples with n>1. </div><div><br></div><div>New command line argument -syntax</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Syntax checks can be carried out with or without data. If the parameters and sets are specified </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>within the parameter section it is only necessary to use the command line argument -syntax or </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the CMPL header option %arg syntax. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If a user wants to execute a syntax check without data then a CMPL header entry %data has </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to be defined including a complete specification of the sets and parameters that are necessary </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>for the model. </div><div><br></div><div>Bug fixing</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A bug in the handling of set intersection was fixed.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Due to different Java installation on Win32 and Win64 the file coliop.bat has been changed. </div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Binaries</b></div><div>The Binaries are available at <a href="http://www.coliop.org/download.html">www.coliop.org/download.html</a>.<br><br><b>Source code</b><br>is obtained by checking out the source code using a subversion client.<br><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> svn co <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144fae"><u><a href="https://projects.coin-or.org/svn/Cmpl/releases/1.7.0">https://projects.coin-or.org/svn/Cmpl/releases/1.7.0</a></u></font> CMPL</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Mailing list and support</b></div><div>If you are interested to get a direct support, to post bugs or to communicate wishes then please use our CMPL mailing list hosted at COIN-OR <a href="http://list.coin-or.org/mailman/listinfo/Cmpl">http://list.coin-or.org/mailman/listinfo/Cmpl</a></div><div><br></div><div>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.coliop.org/">www.coliop.org</a> and <a href="http://projects.coin-or.org/Cmpl">projects.coin-or.org/Cmpl</a>.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mike Steglich</div></body></html>