Re: [PyX-devel] Re: [PyX-checkins] pyx/test/experimental solve.py,1.2,1.3

[Magnus L. H. <ma...@he...>]

Andre Wobst <wo...@us...>:
>
> Hi,
>=20
> On 28.07.04, Andr=E9 Wobst wrote:
> > Update of /cvsroot/pyx/pyx/test/experimental
> > In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv13287
> >=20
> > Modified Files:
> > 	solve.py=20
> > Log Message:
> > vector equations (can be mixed with scalar equations)
> [snip]
>=20
> I've just checked in another update to the experimental linear
> equation solver. You can now mix all kind of vector and scalar
> equations.

Sounds very cool. This basically means that most of the needed (basic)
geometry functionality is in place, then... (It still would be nice to
have access to the first three dimensions of vectors as v.x, v.y and
v.z but that's just a minor convenience.)

It would be interesting to see what could be done with the transform
equations... But even without them, stuff like "the difference between
a and b is equal to the difference between c and d" and the like is
very useful.

I couldn't get the vector stuff from CVS it seems -- maybe it's just
the anonymous CVS caching that's a bit slow again.

> But I'm not quite sure whether the "=3D=3D" notation is a good
> idea, i.e. will work well in non-trivial code. My biggest concerns are
> in the area of usuability, i.e. is it too implicit? Comments?

(I replied to the "=3D=3D" part elsewhere.)

> Andr=E9

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