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Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator? |
Date: |
23 May 2007 18:21:11 -0500 |
"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:
| Quoting Martin Rubey <address@hidden>:
|
| > ... Igor Khavkine writes:
| >
| >> Can someone explain this syntax? Looking at the Axiom .spad files,
| >> I see that it has general usage +/[...some list construction...].
| >
| > It is old syntax for reduce and should go away.
|
| Rather, I think it is the equivalent BOOT syntax for reduce (right,
| Gaby?) and I think it should stay in BOOT where there is no static
| type checking.
Yes, and yes.
| But I agree that it should not appear directly in SPAD
| files.
Why?
| This expression returns a syntax error in the Axiom
| interpreter. If I recall correctly, there a few other places in the
| Axiom library code
| where old BOOT syntax appears (perhaps for efficiency or to avoid
| awkard type manipulations) but should be really be replaced by a
| more appropriate Spad idiom. Regards,
The interpreter uses the new parser, and I do not seem to see that
production there. I would like us to move to the new parser.
For leess confusion.
-- Gaby
- [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Igor Khavkine, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Martin Rubey, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Bill Page, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Bill Page, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/05/23
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/05/24
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/05/24
- Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?,
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Re: [Axiom-math] What is the "+/" operator?, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/05/23