Function Option Names
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg118236] Function Option Names
- From: mmausr <opngid at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:54:34 -0400 (EDT)
I'm curious why some option names are strings (e.g. options to the FinancialDerivative function), while other option names are symbols (e.g. options to the ListPlot function). More generally, why are some parameters of built-in functions specified as strings and others specified as symbols that evaluate to themselves?