Joerg Arndt on Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:13:08 +0100


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Re: PARI 2.6 syntax 2: [f(x)|x<-a,b(x)]


* Bernadette.Perrin-Riou@math.u-psud.fr <Bernadette.Perrin-Riou@math.u-psud.fr> [Mar 10. 2013 17:54]:
> A naive question. What about [ 1, 2;
> 3,4] if it is sensible to space ?
> Every such situation should be taken in account.

That sounds like being taken care by surrounding braces.

> Why not quotes for reserved words as "in" ?

Eek, that's a string!

What about \in ?


> 
> I care about backwards compatibility ... if not, many exercises
> that are using Pari in WIMS would be potentially broken !

Agreed, breakage of old code should only be accepted
for a universally approved *big* improvement.


> 
> Bernadette
> [...]

jj