Subject: "depends" problem of variables with subscripts
From: Evan
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:25:29 +0800
On 7/10/07, Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think we have to be careful because the displayed form of an
> expression might have none of the properties or behavior of an
> apparently identical expression. For example if I could have
> FOO displayed as sin(0), I might get confused when sin(0)
> (really FOO) refuses to simplify to 0.
>
> I suppose confusion of that kind can already occur in TeX
> displays, and if it doesn't cause trouble there, that's evidence
> it will be OK to make it possible in text-only displays as well.
>
> FWIW
> Robert Dodier
>
I don't think that would be a problem. a user or the front-end declare
what to be displayed so they should be aware of that. Perhaps they can
be hacked into infolists. ( I'm only a user of maxima without any
knowledge of its internal structure, so please ignore me if I had said
something wrong)