On 3/24/14, 3:25, Volker Braun wrote:
I find the various commands to evaluate code from a file confusing (and
not really documented). When was the English language changed so that
"load" implies evaluation?
Probably when it was programmed into magma:
http://linux.math.tifr.res.in/manuals/html/magma/text93.html (which I
think the Sage %load originally derived from, right William?)
Also, changing the way IPython works is only
going to confuse me more, not less.
IMHO we should have
%load # as provided by ipython
%run # evaluate file content, preparsed depending on the file
extension
%attach # like run, but watch for changes
Also:
* No new statements, i.e. no "load" without percent sign is not allowed.
in other words:
load 'filename'
is not allowed? (unless, I suppose, you turn on %automagics)
* But do support them as global functions load('filename.py').
* No %runfile. Whats the difference with %run?
For reference, here's the discussion from last time, which talks about
the differences:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-devel/6UXXRtMvxBk. tl;dr:
+1 to unifying %run and %runfile, and pushing these changes upstream.
Not surprisingly, that's essentially what you voted for too in that
thread, Volker.
Thanks,
Jason
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