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Re: New version, old bugs

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  • Subject: [mg44127] Re: [mg44093] New version, old bugs
  • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:16:01 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 04:24 PM, Maxim wrote:

>  For example:
>
> In[1]:=
> 2*x*y /. x*y -> z
> 2*x*y /. s:x*y -> z
>
> Out[1]=
> 2*z
>
> Out[2]=
> 2*x*y
>
>

As I am sure you realize, this problem (like all other pattern matching 
problem I remember your pointing out), is connected with the Flat 
attribute (of Times)

f[w, f[u, v]] /. s:f[u, v] -> z

f[w, z]

SetAttributes[f, Flat]


f[w, f[u, v]] /. s:f[u, v] -> z

f[w, u, v]

I have a feeling that there are very few people at WRI who would want 
to mess with the Flat attribute. I can't say I blame them: the more I 
think about it the more surprised I am it works as well as it does.

Andrzej Kozlowski
Yokohama, Japan
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/


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