log10, was: bug report, or am I doing something wrong?

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> writes:

    Robert> the difficulty with log10(x) := log(x)/log(10); is that log10
    Robert> goes away as soon as it is entered (and in its place, log appears).
    Robert> what i want to see is log10 acting as a distinct function,
    Robert> which doesn't simplify to log automatically.

    Robert> comments?

While having log10 as a separate and distinct function seems like a
nice idea, who is going to tell maxima all the properties of log10?
Who is going to tell maxima how to integrate functions of log10?

Although high school was quite a while ago for me, all I can remember
ever wanting with log10 was a numerical value.  In calculus, I think
we always used natural logs, with an occasional log base a to see if
you were awake.

Ray