On 30-07-2013 12:28, Rupert Swarbrick wrote:
> Jaime Villate <villate at fe.up.pt> writes:
>> It is the second package's author who must change the symbol. He
>> should avoid variable names starting with % which is conventionally
>> used for constants. That's a very easy rule to follow in order to
>> avoid that kind of conflict.
> I agree, but I think there is a slight conflict with wxMaxima. When I
> last used it (several years ago), I seem to remember that you could call
> variables names like %alpha, %beta etc. to get it to display ?, ? and so
> on. Neat, but conflicts with "names starting with percent denote
> constants".
>
>
Well, wxmaxima, sage and any other projects that use Maxima should
follow the rules that Maxima developers has been using long before those
projects appeared.
Regards,
Jaime