On Jan 20, 2008 2:58 PM, Nick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On 20-Jan-08, at 2:47 PM, Simon King wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Nick
> >
> > On Jan 20, 8:24 pm, Nick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I've always hated that x/y and print x/y can do different things at
> >> the prompt, but it sounds like I'm fighting a losing battle.
> >
> > Sorry for coming into your discussion. I actually appreciate that x/y
> > and print x/y do different things, for the following reason.
> >
> > If someone defines some sage object X and just types
> > sage: X
> > then the command is very short, and when i ask a short question, the
> > answer ought to be short as well.
> >
> > On the other hand, if the user's demand on displaying X is more
> > elaborate, such as
> > sage: print X
> > then the displayed information should be more elaborate as well.
>
> One reason that I don't like this is that in the notebook, only the
> final 'sage: X' shows that way. Before that, one must use print.
> Why the different semantics?
>
Currently in the notebook we have this behavior:
{{{id=14|
a = 5
a
2 + 2
///
4
}}}
Nick asks why this doesn't happen:
{{{id=14|
a = 5
a
2 + 2
///
5
4
}}}
The answer is --- I couldn't figure out how to implement the latter
(in sage/server/notebook/worksheet.py).
That's it. I just don't know how to do it. It's nothing more
mysterious than that. If I could figure
out how to implement the latter I would.
William
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