Should we also change Sum to Summation? Aaron Meurer
On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Tim Lahey wrote: > 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.
