-ex ncmul::eval(int level) const
-{
- // simplifications: ncmul(...,*(x1,x2),...,ncmul(x3,x4),...) ->
- // ncmul(...,x1,x2,...,x3,x4,...) (associativity)
- // ncmul(x) -> x
- // ncmul() -> 1
- // ncmul(...,c1,...,c2,...) ->
- // *(c1,c2,ncmul(...)) (pull out commutative elements)
- // ncmul(x1,y1,x2,y2) -> *(ncmul(x1,x2),ncmul(y1,y2))
- // (collect elements of same type)
- // ncmul(x1,x2,x3,...) -> x::eval_ncmul(x1,x2,x3,...)
- // the following rule would be nice, but produces a recursion,
+/** Perform automatic term rewriting rules in this class. In the following
+ * x, x1, x2,... stand for a symbolic variables of type ex and c, c1, c2...
+ * stand for such expressions that contain a plain number.
+ * - ncmul(...,*(x1,x2),...,ncmul(x3,x4),...) -> ncmul(...,x1,x2,...,x3,x4,...) (associativity)
+ * - ncmul(x) -> x
+ * - ncmul() -> 1
+ * - ncmul(...,c1,...,c2,...) -> *(c1,c2,ncmul(...)) (pull out commutative elements)
+ * - ncmul(x1,y1,x2,y2) -> *(ncmul(x1,x2),ncmul(y1,y2)) (collect elements of same type)
+ * - ncmul(x1,x2,x3,...) -> x::eval_ncmul(x1,x2,x3,...)
+ */
+ex ncmul::eval() const
+{
+ // The following additional rule would be nice, but produces a recursion,