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Re: Re: (Mathematica wish list)

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• Subject: [mg71406] Re: [mg71365] Re: (Mathematica wish list)
• From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl at wolfram.com>
• Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:30:28 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200611130534.AAA18393@smc.vnet.net><ejevgj$1to$1@smc.vnet.net> <200611160552.AAA08207@smc.vnet.net>

Vince Virgilio wrote:
> On Nov 15, 7:00 am, Daniel Lichtblau <d... at wolfram.com> wrote:
> 
>>[elided]
>>
>>getAllVariables[f_?NumericQ] := Sequence[]
>>getAllVariables[{}] := Sequence[]
>>
>>getAllVariables[ll_List] :=
>>   Flatten[Union[Map[getAllVariables[#]&, ll]]]
> 
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> I have a question about the style of this code. Why create a pure
> function from getAllVariables, especially since it already has single
> arity? Does it matter?
> 
> 
>>[elided]
>>
>>
>>Daniel Lichtblau
>>Wolfram Research
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vince Virgilio

I had to scratch my head over that (or maybe it was lice).

The original code, that I altered for posting, comes from symbolic 
integration. There we look for all variables not the same as the 
integration variable. Hence it was originally of the form

getAllVariables[f_?NumericQ, x_] :=...
etc.

I simply did not catch the fact that the version I had altered could 
then be further simplified. So to answer your question, the pure 
function above is in fact superfluous.

Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research

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  • Re: (Mathematica wish list)
    • From: "Vince Virgilio" <blueschi@gmail.com>