[GiNaC-list] set_TeX_name() ?

[Felipe Bordeu]

I like the idea of adding a new method:

void set_TeX_name(const std::string & n)

because you can change the texname witdout doing something like:

symbol toto('sigma');
toto.set_name(toto.get_name(), "\sigma");


Felipe


Le 11/12/2012 11:21, Dale Lukas Peterson a écrit :
> Does anybody else (i.e., developers or other users) have any comments
> regarding these methods for changing the TeX_name data member?  This
> is a minor change and I think it would be nice to have the
> functionality.
>
> Thanks,
> Dale
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Dale Lukas Peterson
> <hazelnusse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>          Just as a suggestion: instead of an introduction of a separate
>>>    method  set_TeX_name(), may be simpler to modify set_name() to have an
>>>    optional second argument for the Tex name (similar to the symbol()
>>>    method).
>> Here are the three options I can see.  First, a default parameter as I
>> think you are suggesting:
>>
>> void set_name(const std::string & n, const std::string & texname = "")
>> { name = n; TeX_name = texname; }
>>
>> Second, overloading set_name:
>>
>> void set_name(const std::string & n) { name = n; }
>> void set_name(const std::string & n, const std::string & texname) {
>> name = n; TeX_name = texname; }
>>
>> Third, the option I originally proposed:
>>
>> void set_TeX_name(const std::string & n) { TeX_name = n; }
>>
>> I prefer my original proposal since it seems the most orthogonal to
>> me.  But any of them is really fine with me so that there is a way to
>> change the TeX_name after you've created an instance of symbol.  If
>> there is interest in keeping fewer methods, then I guess one of the
>> first two options would be preferable.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dale
>
>


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