On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 08:33:59AM -0700, Richard Fateman wrote:
>    I have no idea what evaluate=False means.  I am guessing what Add(  )
>    means.

This example was actually for other sympy developers.  Think about
Add(2, 2, evaluate=False) as a poor-man's analog of the Mathematica Hold[2+2].

>    But in any case leaving
>    out floats seems particularly hazardous because:   Floats are already
>    around.

You totally miss the point.  I'm against using these "inexact" numbers
in symbolic context, especially if we assume that some algebraic
properties are valid for any expression (associativity for the provided
above example).

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