Subject: Re: set.lisp redefines POWERSET / {} for sets
From: Martin RUBEY
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:49:17 +0100 (CET)
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Barton Willis wrote:
> If you want to input a set using braces, I suggest
>
> (C1) load("l:/set/nset.lisp")$
>
> (C2) matchfix("{","}")$
> (C3) "{"([x]) := apply(set,x);
>
> (D3) {[x]} := APPLY(SET, x)
>
> (C4) {a,b,c};
> (D4) {a, b, C}
>
> (C5) set(1,2,3);
> (D5) {1, 2, 3}
>
> (C6) {u,n,k,k,n,u};
> (D6) {k, n, u}
> (C7)
>
> Occasionally, I've used {f,g} for Poisson brackets; thus I wasn't eager to
> allow sets to be entered this way.
>
> Barton
yes, I Stavros explained this to me already. Still I would encourage you
to make it default behaviour. It IS default math notation.
Anything to say on the naming issue?
Well, and a big THANK YOU for your set package, I think its great!
Martin