Re: PINV, initial release

Jefferson Provost <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Dec 2002 10:39:16 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.matlisp.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Raymond Toy wrote:

> 
> o Should the args to pinv be keyword args instead of optional?  If so,
>   please make the mthd arg have the keyword :method instead.  Easier
>   to figure out what it is. :-)

I thought that the MATLISP convention was to use optional arguments. 
This matches SVD, JOIN, etc.  Personally, I almost always prefer keyword 
arguments over optional.  Especially when there's more than one optional 
arg.

I have no real preference on the name, between PNV and pseudoinverse. 
PINV is nice because it matches matlab/octave, which makes it easy to 
find, if you're looking for it.  But pseudoinverse will be equally easy, 
I think.

J.