simplification of abs



On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 13:44, Dieter Kaiser <drdieterkaiser at web.de> wrote:

> ...

(%i1) log(-1),lognegint;
> (%o1) %i %pi
> ...
> But i have thought about an implementation of this special value too.
>

What do you have in mind?  I wonder if lognegint:true is a better default?


> Remark: The value of the option variable domain does not influence much
> of Maxima. Only the exponentiation is handled differently.


Yes, that's true.  It might be a good idea to have it influence more.

            -s