I wonder if it would be worthwhile allowing the user to set the defaults 
for every function. We had the discussion about the log vs. ln notation, 
latex representations and a few others I don't remember any more. Quite 
a few of these discussions can't be resolved once and forever, simply 
because they are a matter of convention in different fields or user 
preference. If we allowed the user to set the defaults for each 
function, e.g. set_default(solve, solution_dict = True), some of these 
discussions would never have to reappear again. Otherwise, I am sure 
that they will reappear again and again, for different functions, or 
even for the same ones, when the most recent threads addressing these 
issues become too old to be found easily in Google Groups.

I have no idea how hard this would be to implement, though!

Cheers
Stan

kcrisman wrote:
> I don't think (a) is that good, because many would use solve to
> literally solve, not necessarily to use those solutions immediately by
> substitution, and the == format seems somehow easier to interpret.  If
> (b) were well-documented, that would seem to provide for the need that
> Jason mentions.
>
>   

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