GAP 4.8.9 installation with standard packages -- copy to your CoCalc project to get it
Print( "S := " ); Display( S ); convert_commands := [ "ConvertHomalgMatrixViaListListString", "ConvertHomalgMatrixViaListString", "ConvertHomalgMatrixViaSparseString", "ConvertHomalgMatrixViaFile" ]; for c in convert_commands do Print( "\n## ", c, ":\n" ); c := ValueGlobal( c ); ## a copy of the original imat omat := ShallowCopy( imat ); ## omat converted cmat := c( omat, S ); Print( "\n" ); Display( cmat ); Print( "\n## and back:\n" ); ## and back bmat := c( cmat, R ); Print( "\n" ); Display( bmat ); b := b and bmat = omat; od; Assert( 0, b );