differences between .sage and .spyx in numerical evaluation
the question seems very basic, i'm sorry but i could not find an answer in the documentation.
the content of both files test.sage and test.spyx is identical; it's just
a = 1/sqrt(2)
print a
if i run test.sage and with
$ sage test.sage
i get
1/2*sqrt(2)
but the outcome is different from if i run the file test.spyx with
$ sage test.spyx
where i get
Compiling test.spyx...
0.707106781187
how can i prevent sage from numerically evaluating $1/\sqrt(2)$ in .spyx mode?
Sorry for the confusion over getting your question approved - somehow you edited it before it was approved (first-time posts need approval to combat spam) and so the question was deleted and closed before ever being seen because it looked like there were duplicate posts. This is a very good question, actually.
Cross-posted at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43...
@kcrisman : yes, the first time i posted the question it took hours for it to get approved (from stackoverflow i was used to higher speeds...), and i could no longer find any trace of it. so i re-posted, etc etc etc. sorry for the confusion. hope everything is correct now. and yes, after i could not find my question here i posted it over on stackoverflow...
No worries!