Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I agree that the limitation on the length of the abbreviation > > itself was constrained by the old file names. But there are > > many cases where standard short name is quite convenient - > > especially for use by expert users in the Axiom interpreter. > > For example I often write: 'POLY INT' instead of > > 'Polynomial Integer' (and I am sure I could think of more > > extreme cases where the abbreviations are useful). > > Well, I agree that some standard is not that bad. However, I mostly prefer to > use no abbreviation. And if I do in my code I (probably) also provide the > explicit macros I use.
Note that the abbrevations are inaccessible in spad code. There are only for the interpreter, and I think that this is a good thing. Martin _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
