--- Thomas Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, both versions worked as you suggested. Is there any reason
> why a scalar is a bad choice here? I ask because of the wording you
> used about "insisting" upon it vs. "easier" to use a macro, etc.
Scalars aren't bad, it is just that locals are easier to use, which
means a smaller probability of a bug creeping in your analysis. The
advantage of scalars is greater precision, but I believe that
difference is between 14 versus 16 digits, so in most applications that
would not matter.
-- Maarten
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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