Naming Conventions

Most functions use float precision, which corresponds to double precision in the C language. Some functions also are available in type int or complex versions.

Where appropriate, the same variable name is used consistently throughout a chapter in the PyIMSL Stat Library. For example, in the functions for eigensystem analysis, eval denotes the vector of eigenvalues and n_eval denotes the number of eigenvalues computed or to be computed.

When writing programs accessing the PyIMSL Stat Library, the user should choose variable names that do not conflict with IMSL external names.