Keyword arguments?



On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:22:29 -0500
raymond.toy at ericsson.com (Raymond Toy (RT/EUS)) wrote:

> I was wondering about implementing a keyword argument scheme.
> Something like
> 
> quad_qags(f,x,a,b, epsrel=1d-8, epsabs=1d-8, limit=500)

I think that's a great idea. I've wanted that for a long time. It seems
to me that

quad_qags(f,x,a,b, epsrel:1d-8, epsabs:1d-8, limit:500)

(i.e., using ':' for assignment instead of '=') would be more
consistent with the rest of the Maxima syntax.

--Jim