bjlindst

unintuitive handling of starting position for tracking when generating particles with at_element

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When you generate particles using line.build_particles(..., at_element='element') particle.start_tracking_at_element is set to 'element'. When you track these particles, you cannot set ele_start='xxx', even if 'xxx' is the same as 'element'. However,...

Inconsistent treatment of +-

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The way that MAD-X currently treats expressions with "+-" in them is inconsistent, which I think can be a bit confusing. It can also easily lead to bugs in scripts....

end markers from makethin in User's guide

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It appears that the makeendmarkers option for makethin is not documented in the User's guide. Also, the documentation currently states that "inactive elements are instead sliced so there is a...