Is ncmul depreciated?

[Christian Bauer]

Hi!

On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:21:50PM +0200, Pearu Peterson wrote:
> I have noticed that
>   ncmul(2,a,3)
> results
>   mul(a,6).
> 
> Why is this type change ncmul -> mul?

Because all factors are commutative. An ncmul() will automatically separate
the commutative factors and group the non-commutative ones by type.
Non-commutativity in GiNaC is a property of the objects. You can try it with
matrices or (if you're using the CVS version) with color and clifford
objects.

> Will ncmul be depreciated in future?

NO WAY! It is fully operational and works better than ever before. :-)
(now that '*' automatically generates ncmul()s when necessary)

Bye,
Christian

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