On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Tim Lahey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Brian Granger <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> I propose renaming .evalf() -> .N().
>
> -1. First, it would break existing code. Second, I see the point in
> having both. First,
> evalf is what Maple calls it while N is what Mathematica calls it. So,
> it's handy for
> people switching.
>
> Since I'm a Maple user, I'd argue for evalf replacing N if that was
> the case. However,
> I think eliminating one is a bad idea.

SymPy currently has both .evalf() and .n() methods. We also have a N()
global function. It's kind of a mess, I agree.

Ondrej

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