Separate from the coercion model, I have some ideas for changing where printing code lives (see the section on printers at the bottom of http://www.sagemath.org:9001/days7/coercion). I agree that it should be easy to implement output into other formats, and I'll keep that in mind when I actually sit down to implement printer objects. David
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:33 PM, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert, > > I briefly looked over your coercion model. > > _repr_ This is the easiest way to define how your object prints > It should take a string representing your object > I takes one argument, do_latex > > > I might comment that Axiom uses an output domain that exports functions > for constructing the print representation of its objects. This design > has made it possible for an object to print itself in various ways. > > Over time Axiom has implemented many different output forms, such as > script (an IBM internal scripting language), algebra (the default 2D > ascii output), LaTeX, FORTRAN, and most recently MathML, used in the > new Firefox front end. > > You might consider a design that allows the end user the option of > specifying the desired output form as decoupled from the object > structure. > > Tim Daly > Axiom > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
