On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Aaron S. Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I think the semantics of Python's sum and SymPy's sum do not overlap, > despite what Ronan says, but now that I think about it, I agree with Brian. > If Python changes the semantics or behavior of sum(), we would have to change > ours accordingly (although, being a builtin, this seems unlikely). > > So I think we should change the name. Is summate the option everyone likes? > I think I slightly prefer summation, even if it does break verb-noun parity, > because it is the more common term used for the mathematical object. >
I prefer summation to summate. Tim. -- Tim Lahey PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo http://about.me/tjlahey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sy...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.