I've always used copymatrix and never copy... I don't know why I never noticed
that this function exists!
Well, if copylist and copymatrix are only a limited duplication of copy, they
should be deprecated and later removed from both maxima and manual...
Thanks for the advice.
Stefano
In data venerd? 22 maggio 2009 18:23:17, Robert Dodier ha scritto:
: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Stefano Ferri <ferriste at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > (%i2) f(v):=block([t],t:copylist(v),t[1]:99,t);
> >
> > If you rinput is a matrix, use copymatrix instead.
>
> copy(v) copies all kinds of expressions.
> Not sure why there exist copylist and copymatrix;
> probably just a historical accident.
>
> best
>
> Robert Dodier