Franco Saliola wrote:
>>
>> Any comments or objections?
>
> What about list comprehensions? Something like the following.
>
> sage: var('i,n')
> (i, n)
> sage: sum(2^i for i in range(n+1))
> 2^(n+1) - 1
>
> I ask because this seems like the natural/first thing a user would try.
It's consistent:
sage: sum(i for i in range(10))
45
However, range would have to also be overridden here, since range only
accepts integers.
Or we could override the ellipsis notation:
sum(i for i in (1..oo))
sum(i for i in (1..n+1))
hmmm, interesting ideas.
Jason
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