On 7/7/07, William Stein wrote: > ... > So I propose that the only symbolic variables that are predefined > are x (since it's so useful to have this predefined), I (=sqrt(-1)), > and e (=2.7...). > If users want a symbolic variable, they have to use the var command. > ...
In my opinion there should be *no* predefined symbols. For me even having only these 3 symbols predefined would lead to some initial confusion. I would very much prefer that it be necessary to ask that these things be defined via a single import or other initialization at the top of each notebook/sage session. Then the first question one asks is "What is this thing at the start of the notebook page? And the simple answer makes everything clear. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
