[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dave Benjamin wrote:
>
>>I think it's much better for simplify() to return a new object
>>and leave the original object unmodified. You can still write:
>>expression2 = expression2.simplify()
>
> A belated thank-you message for your reply to my posting. I took your
> ad
Dave Benjamin wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Now suppose I set "expression2 = Sum([a,-a])" and Sum.simplify()
> > recognises that the two terms cancel and the Sum has value 0.
> >
> > Can I make "expression2.simplify()" transform expression2 from an
> > instance of Sum to an instance of Numb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now suppose I set "expression2 = Sum([a,-a])" and Sum.simplify()
> recognises that the two terms cancel and the Sum has value 0.
>
> Can I make "expression2.simplify()" transform expression2 from an
> instance of Sum to an instance of Number(0) **in place**? Is that
> po
Hello comp.lang.py,
Can you help me with ideas for the following (somewhat newbie) OO
design question in Python? Note, I'm using psuedo-code, not actual
Python for the examples!
Background:
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I need to represent a small variety of mathematical constructs
symbolically using Python classe
