[Coin-symphony] now my code is being called, but

[Ted Ralphs]

Mike,

I guess there wasn't really a question in your last post, but you've got 
me thoroughly mystified, so let me ask a few questions.

First, why is it that you need to use your own makefile? Do you just 
want to have control and don't want to compile your code using a black 
box? I can't see anything you're doing that wouldn't be easy accomplish 
using SYMPHONY's build system, where all the compiler defines are set 
automatically for you. You should have no problems at all if you just 
copy the makefile in the USER directory and customize it. We are 
actually in the midst of revamping SYMPHONY's build system to make it 
easier to work with. If you get the latest version from CVS, the 
makefiles have some added flexibility. In particular, you can specify a 
build directory outside the source tree.

Second, I'm not sure why you need all those compiler defines in the 
first place. None of them are required for the user callback functions. 
If you grep on "ifdef" in SYMPHONY/Applications/USER/src/*/*.c, you will 
find that there are actually no compiler directives that have any 
effect. Compiling your code and linking it with no compiler defines 
should work unless you are trying to build parts of SYMPHONY itself. 
What am I missing?

As for documentation, maintaining SYMPHONY and all its documentation at 
the level it's at is a huge amount of work. I simply don't have the 
funding or manpower to do more, especially to document the interior 
parts of the library and build system. If you would just stop trying to 
do things you're not supposed to do, you wouldn't be having these 
problems :). At any rate, documentation is always an issue. I'd be happy 
to have help if you want to contribute some of your recent insights in 
the form of additional or updates to the current documentation. Thanks 
for your feedback. Let me know if you have any more questions or problems.

Cheers,

Ted
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Dr. Ted Ralphs
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
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