release schedule for Maxima 5.12.0



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

    Robert> On 3/9/07, Raymond Toy <raymond.toy at ericsson.com> wrote:

    >> I still disagree about the gratuitous change in behavior of ? since
    >> you've just moved the current ? behavior to ??.  What is the rationale
    >> for this?

    Robert> The rationale is that since the number of indexed items in the
    Robert> reference manual is rather large (about 1800 functions and variables
    Robert> plus about 200 more items for sections) and still growing, an
    Robert> inexact search often yields many extraneous items.

Isn't that the rationale for having both "?" and "??"?  I
whole-heartedly agree with this change.

I just don't understand why ? is now an exact search and ?? is the
substring search.  Why not leave ? as the substring and make ?? the
exact search?

But it's not that big of a deal.  Go ahead and change it if you think
it's better.

Ray