Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Status: NeedsDecision Owner: Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium New issue 3639 by mrock...@gmail.com: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 rlamy says I think it would be a serious mistake to throw away a working system (the old assumptio

Re: Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Updates: Cc: ronan.l...@gmail.com Labels: Assumptions Comment #1 on issue 3639 by mrock...@gmail.com: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 (No comment was entered for this change.) -- You received this message because this pro

Re: Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Issue 3639: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 This issue is now blocking issue sympy:3631. See http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3631 -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or

Re: Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Comment #3 on issue 3639 by asmeu...@gmail.com: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 The issue is, can we refactor the core (or really do anything with it) if it still has the old assumptions sitting around. Now, a phase out period could b

Re: Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Comment #4 on issue 3639 by ronan.l...@gmail.com: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 It depends what sort of refactoring you have in mind. Having the old assumptions around is not a problem in itself, IMO. -- You received this message be

Re: Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Comment #5 on issue 3639 by mrock...@gmail.com: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 It would be nice to remove some of the magic around Symbol. What will sympy use in general code? What will `is_positive` call? Old assumptions or new ass

Re: Issue 3639 in sympy: Should we remove old assumptions?

2013-02-13 Thread sympy
Comment #6 on issue 3639 by ronan.l...@gmail.com: Should we remove old assumptions? http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3639 Yes, this a real problem that could be fixed quite easily today (by having the new assumptions call the old ones), were it not for the fact that there a