Re: [Bug-gsl] small documentation issues

[Brian Gough]

Britton Kerin writes:
 > First, I love the GSL.  There aren't many pieces of software that seem 
 > sufficiently well-written that picking at knits this small seems 
 > worthwhile :)

Thanks! Corrections to the manual are always welcome.

 > In general: I'm probably just paranoid, but I get left feeling slightly 
 > unsure sometimes whether I can just call some_type_init() again or 
 > whether I have to do a some_type_free() some_type_alloc() when I want to 
 > start over.  For example, I wonder whether gsl_spline_init(), 
 > gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_set() are enough to make a fresh start. 

The _init method and _set methods should always makes a completely
fresh start (if not, please report it as a bug).  I believe the
difference in names is just historical.

-- 
regards

Brian Gough