Re: Quit versus Clear["Global`*"]
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- Subject: [mg121221] Re: Quit versus Clear["Global`*"]
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 18:06:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Remove[x] perniciously changes the definition of symbols that mention x, replacing x with Removed[x] and making those definitions useless. Clear[x] removes definitions for x, but leaves alone other symbols that mention it... which, to me, seems far more sensible. After Clear[x], other symbols referring to x can still be used (with or without new definitions for x). After Remove[x], all those symbols are just trash, lying around waiting for Quit to clear them away. Bobby On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:12:58 -0500, AES <siegman at stanford.edu> wrote: > In article <j3u7r6$a88$1 at smc.vnet.net>, > Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote: > >> First, Clear, whether for a single object or an entire list of objects, >> does not remove their Attributes, e.g., just their values. You might >> want ClearAll instead. > > And how do either of those differ from Remove? > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com
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- Quit versus Clear["Global`*"]
- From: Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas@me.com>
- Quit versus Clear["Global`*"]