Re: mathlib

[Jeremy Ong <jeremycong@...>]

> I thought that would be obvious: to reduce maintenance, bug surface
> area, documentation, etc. Given the Lua development model, it seems
> fair to shift some of that burden to external libraries, especially
> for mostly redundant or specialized functions.

Well, none of the discussion so far has touched on any of this.

1. Maintenance: has any of these functions been touched in the last
two major versions even?
2. Bug surface area: bugs in a tanh function? deg? What sort of bugs
do you imagine could happen that wouldn't be present in the other
functions in the math library?
3. Documentation: you may save a few lines here and there.

If these are really the reasons, I question if the proposed change
really addresses any of it. Of course, there may be another reason, a
better one than has been missed or not stated. In which case, I think
the people who originally came up with the idea own the burden of
divulging said reason(s).