Message123110
> Since the conventional mathematical symbols for the additional
> imaginary units of quaternions are j and k, confusion is bound to
> happen.
>
> My preferred solution is to limit PYTHONIMAGINARYSYMBOL values to "i",
> "j" or "k" in Python 3.4. The two additional imaginary unit symbols
> would then be a cyclic permutation of i,j,k, viz. for
> PYTHONIMAGINARYSYMBOL=j, the units are k and i.
Can we consider an environment variable to change the direction of the
permutation, e.g. PYTHONIMAGINARYPERMUTATIONDIR=-1?
Otherwise +11j from me. |
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2010-12-02 20:41:08 | pitrou | set | recipients:
+ pitrou, georg.brandl, rhettinger, mark.dickinson, belopolsky, Retro, michael.foord |
2010-12-02 20:41:06 | pitrou | link | issue10562 messages |
2010-12-02 20:41:06 | pitrou | create | |
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