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D.14.4 methods_lib
- Library:
- methods.lib
- Purpose:
- installing methods in Singular
- Authors:
- J. Boehm, boehm @ mathematik.uni-kl.de
- Overview:
- Methods select the function to execute by the types of the input tuple.
The central function is installMethod, which takes a hashtable associating a tuple of
input types to function names and creates a corresponding procedure.
HashTables are lists with arbitrary index sets. They can be created by the
command hashTable. Their size can be determined by the command size. Values
can be extracted by selectKey or the * operator. HashTables can also be added
using addHashTables or the + operator.
Methods can be added with the + operator.
- Types:
- Method the class of all methods
HashTable the class of all hash tables
Procedures:
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