[Python-ideas] Is there a good reason to use * for multiplication?

Sturla Molden sturla at molden.no
Sat Oct 13 20:29:57 CEST 2012



Den 13. okt. 2012 kl. 06:44 skrev Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda at gmail.com>:

> 
> Python has cleverly left the $ symbol unused.
> 
> We can use it as a quasiquote to embed executable TeX.
> 
>    for x in xrange($b \cdot \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{x^n}{n!}$):
>        ...
> 
> No need to wait for that new language, we can have a rich set of math
> operators today!
> 


LOL :D 

But hey, this is valid Python :D :D

for x in texrange(r"$b \cdot \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{x^n}{n!}$"): pass


Sturla 






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