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GENESIS is backward compatible with GENESIS Release 2.3 for all functionality of the original Purkinje cell research scripts that provide the basis of the Tutorial 9–Purkinje Tutorial. In doing this, backward compatibility supports the major functionalities of the GENESIS Script Language Interpreter.
Functionality for the graphical objects of the XODUS library is now provided by the Studio and Project Browser in conjunction with the new GENESIS GUI.
Backward compatibility is provided by the Neurospaces Scripting Language Interpreter (NS-SLI).
For more details see the Backward Compatibility documentation.
This link accesses all regression test specifications for the GENESIS 2 backward compatibility bridge for GENESIS (the NS-SLI).
Backward compatibility regression test documentation includes:
The regression tests give a good idea of what backward compatibility means, i.e. running GENESIS 2 scripts without modification. Testing is conducted at both the level of user experienced functionality and low-level unit tests. Integration tests between the GENESIS 2 SLI, the Model Container and Heccer are also performed.
Regression tests cover the following major functionalities of backward compatibility:
Purkinje cell model simplification.
All available GENESIS objects; compartment creation, field setting and copying; simple startup and clock setting; simple functions containing ifelse control structures; simple if else statements.
Creation of a neutral object with a child compartment; channel and Nernst equation integration; gate tabulation and pool integration; synaptic equations.
The asc_file object; Purkinje cell model; readcell parameters and coordinates; model simplification with the Model Container.