Le mercredi 27 janvier 2016 05:23:45 UTC+1, saad khalid a écrit :
>
> I asked the list and here was the response I got. Personally, I think that 
> it would be a good idea, but I don't know how to implement it myself.
>
> "The besselexpand is an option variable in maxima core (part of the bessel 
> function package) and simplify_sum is a share package. In general I think 
> that share packages should not modify core options when it is not 
> necessary. And I think functions in general should not change option 
> variables so that the user can't control them. So the reason why 
> simplify_sum doesn't change besselexpand to true is not because I know of 
> some problems with it, but because I try to avoid such behaviour of 
> functions (I knew that simplify_sum would return nicer results with 
> besselexpand:true when I wrote that part of simplify_sum).
>
> But maybe this is a situation in which changing global option variables 
> should be allowed from a function.
>
> HTH,
> Andrej"
>

Just to add a pointer to that discussion on maxima-discuss:
- at gmane:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mathematics.maxima.general/52224 
- at sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/mailman/maxima-discuss/thread/CAC05q1u%3D8gJRvBC6ucSRrHstsQqnse2pvV5Xs239qWdNyr1-Ow%40mail.gmail.com/#msg34796315

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