automata

[eliotwrobson]

Submitting Author: Eliot Robson (@eliotwrobson) All current maintainers: (@eliotwrobson, @caleb531) Package Name: automata One-Line Description of Package: A Python library for simulating finite automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines. Repository Link: https://github.com/caleb531/automata Version submitted: v8.2.0 EiC: @isabelizimm Editor: @sneakers-the-rat
Reviewers: @phildong , @irisdyoung, @NimaSarajpoor Reviews Expected By: March 28th, 2024 Archive: Version accepted: 8.4.0 (repo, pypi, archive) Date accepted (month/day/year): 06/29/2024

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Automata is a Python 3 library implementing structures and algorithms for manipulating finite automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines. The algorithms have been optimized and are capable of processing large inputs. Visualization logic has also been implemented.

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This package is suitable for both researchers wishing to manipulate automata and for instructors teaching courses on theoretical computer science. Automata (especially finite automata) are important models in computing that appear in a variety of educational and research contexts, and the ability to manipulate them with this package is valuable to this effort.

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Although I am not the primary repository owner (that is @caleb531), he has given me permission to make this submission and be a long-term point of contact as-needed. Additionally, our documentation page is brand-new, so we anticipate some rough edges, and hope that feedback from this review can be used to improve the usability and add examples. Automata also already appeared in JOSS, so that is why those items have been left blank here even though the writeup is present in the repository.

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[sneakers-the-rat]

yes, also asked about that & how to format/submit/etc. I would assume it would be a jekyll-markdown style post like those in https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyopensci.github.io/tree/main/_posts

when i get further info i'll let you know (and also update our docs, bc they are unclear to authors and editors alike at the moment ;)

[irisdyoung]

hey everybody, sorry for dropping the ball. Glad to see you got the review process wrapped up -- thanks @NimaSarajpoor for stepping in!! And to the authors/maintainers, nice piece of work, glad it's out there!

[eliotwrobson]

@sneakers-the-rat the package is now listed on the site, and the blog post has been merged and is live. Can this issue be closed?

[lwasser]

oh yes. thank you for your patience @eliotwrobson and for being so on top of things. let's close this puppy as completed! i see you filled out the survey - many many thanks for the feedback!! 👐🏻