External dependencies are fine for SymPy Gamma, especially if it's something like an NLP framework, which we wouldn't want to rewrite ourselves.
Aaron Meurer On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Jerry Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm beginning to work on a proposal for this project, and I just had a > question about how I should approach it. Using a parser generator would > probably make it easier to create a parser, but may introduce an external > dependency. Would this be discouraged? Should I aim for everything to be > custom-written and kept within SymPy? > > I also reached out to the creator of latex2sympy to see if he's still > planning to add it to SymPy. If not, I'll probably try to find a way to work > LaTeX parsing into my proposal as well, since it would be quite useful. My > question about introducing an external dependency would need to be discussed > with regards to latex2sympy as well, since that uses a parser generator. > > Thanks, Jerry > > On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 8:47:27 PM UTC-5, Anthony Scopatz wrote: >> >> This would be great to have, though! >> >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 8:44 PM Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Jerry, >>> >>> As far as I know there is no work to get that latex2sympy parser into >>> sympy or coordinate anything further than what was said in that issue. It >>> would be worth contacting the author. >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> Jason >>> moorepants.info >>> +01 530-601-9791 >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Jerry Li <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm currently a first-year undergraduate Engineering student at the >>>> University of Toronto who is fairly experienced with Python, and I'm >>>> interested in contributing to SymPy for GSOC 2016. After familiarizing >>>> myself with the basics of SymPy and reading through GSOC Ideas page, I was >>>> drawn to the idea of improving SymPy Gamma/Live's language recognition so >>>> that it could interpret natural English and text-based math, like Wolfram >>>> Alpha. I understand that the best way of doing this would be to include the >>>> functionality in the SymPy library itself so that it could be called from >>>> SymPy Gamma/Live. >>>> >>>> I've read through the Parsing page in the SymPy wiki, as well as some >>>> related threads in this mailing list. The thread linked on the wiki >>>> especially seems to include lots of informative discussion, but not much of >>>> it was followed up upon. I've been doing some preliminary research, and I >>>> believe that, with time and a lot of learning, it should be within my scope >>>> to implement a parser that would work for most common English/text inputs >>>> and include some informative error messages to help the user. This perhaps >>>> could involve using adapted code from external libraries and a parser >>>> generator. I'd be willing to put a lot of time into learning new skills to >>>> get the project done. >>>> >>>> I believe that this functionality could improve the user experience of >>>> SymPy Live/Gamma, which would help people out and draw more attention/users >>>> to SymPy. I was also interested in implementing a LaTeX parser, but it >>>> seems >>>> like there's some work in progress in that area. >>>> >>>> Anyways, I was mostly wondering if anyone had input on whether or not >>>> this would be a suitable project to pursue for GSoC, and if there were any >>>> suggestions on recommended approaches. If so, I'll do some more research >>>> and >>>> start drafting up a proposal. If not, I'll look into other potential things >>>> to contribute in for SymPy. In terms of the patch requirement for GSoC, >>>> I've >>>> submitted one bug fix pull request which was merged so far, and will be >>>> looking for more opportunities to do so in the next few weeks. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "sympy" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/02716b63-2833-47d8-95ce-3fc6411615c8%40googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "sympy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AjXNW4QXPV8NPVG_JjRwch2idm1CoQJo-A9KnYN%3Dpv6yQ%40mail.gmail.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> >> Asst. 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