I cannot check right now whether it's possible, but maybe it would be good to eliminate ** completely, and define a macro or a package that calls ^ when one types **.
There are some people who come from reduce, and some circumstances where ** is preferable. (I had a few occasions where ^ did not work on my keyboard, for example). IN case of doubt: yes, get rid of ** Martin On Fr, 29.08.2008, 22:51, Bill Page wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: >> >> Certainly removal is best is you're confident that it does not cause >> hassle for users. Do you have a count of the uses of "**" versus "^" >> in the algebras? That may give some idea. >> > > Just to get a rough idea I did: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/open-axiom-src/src/algebra# cat *.spad.pamphlet | sed > 's/\w/\n/g' | grep '\*\*' | wc > 2139 2667 10777 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/open-axiom-src/src/algebra# cat *.spad.pamphlet | sed > 's/\w/\n/g' | grep '\^' | wc > 659 705 2482 > > So there are about 3 times a many uses of ** then ^ in the algebra. > Certainly keeping people happy might be a problem - and also checking > for regressions. > > Still, I personally would prefer the universal use of ^ for exponents > and related operations. > > Regards, > Bill Page. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
