[issue10562] Change 'j' for imaginary unit into an 'i'
Mark Dickinson
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Dec 2 20:40:10 CET 2010
Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:
> There should be an environment variable to make the symbol settable.
That could work; it's a bit late to do this in 3.2, though. How about the following transition strategy for the complex output.
Python 3.3: Introduce PYTHONIMAGINARYSYMBOL environment variable (and possibly also a related command-line option to the interpreter?).
Python 3.4: Show a warning on startup if this environment variable isn't used.
Python 3.5: Make the environment variable mandatory.
Python 3.6: Make the environment variable optional again, but this time with the default output being 'i' rather than 'j'.
Python 3.7: Deprecate use of PYTHONIMAGINARYSYMBOL. (Warning on startup if it's set.)
Python 3.8: Error on startup if PYTHONIMAGINARYSYMBOL is set.
Python 3.9: Go back to ignoring PYTHONIMAGINARYSYMBOL.
I'm sure we could find a compatible transition strategy for the complex *inputs*: (3.3: accept both 'i' and 'j'; 3.6: warn about 'j' usage; 3.8 remove acceptance of 'j' on input).
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