For math programs you concoct, symbols such as you lay out may not crop up, but for my work such symbols must occur.
Try to say all that w'out 'm. On 21 Feb, 02:02, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > > > > > > William Stein wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Tom Boothby > >> <tomas.boot...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I vehemently oppose this. > > >>> -1 > > >> OK, I'm with you that this will not be on by default. As you > >> suggest > >> below, this is something that can (and will) be made an optional > >> mode. > > > I personally think the default should be to protect certain names, > > as that will reduce the chances of new users getting in a mess. > > > More experienced uses can then elect to unprotect these variables. > > I'm all for a special mode, but to do this by default would be > backwards incompatible and yet another incompatibility from Python. > > - Robert -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
