Barton Willis wrote:
> -----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>
>> What's wrong with that returning [1.0, 2.0, ..., 42.0]?
>
> Nothing, I think.
>
>> How hard would it be add an optional step size?
>
> Once you do that, it seems that you might as well use makelist.
> I suppose I could do 1 .. [2, 1/2] --> [1,3/2,2] and still have
> 1 .. 2 --> [1,2]. But 1 .. [2, 1/2] is too hard for me to
> remember---I'd use makelist instead.
Yes, that's true. This depends on the notation being relatively simple,
and 1 .. [2, 1/2] isn't. But if it were 1 .. 1/2 .. 2, or 1 .. 2 ..
1/2, then maybe.
But I'd probably end up using makelist, maybe even for the simple cases. :-)
Ray