Differences between sympy_equation and algebra_with_sympy

sympy_equation is a fork of algebra_with_sympy, starting from the version 1.0.2. While there are a lot of similarities, these packages are not interchangeable. The main differences are:

• algebra_with_sympy installs a custom version of SymPy, which exposes the Equation class. The basic idea is to better integrate the Equation class with other SymPy functionalities. The downside is that as new releases of SymPy are available, the users of algebra_with_sympy must wait for a new version of the package to be released as well. Differently, sympy_equation is an external package that only depends on SymPy. The Equation class is implemente into sympy_equation. As new releases of SymPy are available, sympy_equation will work with them right away. The downside is that it might not be as integrated with SymPy’s functionalities as one would like it to be.

• algebra_with_sympy exposes the algwsym_config object to customize the behaviour of the module. Similarly, sympy_equation exposes the equation_config. The available options are very similar, but their default values are often different.

• algebra_with_sympy overwrites the default behaviour of SymPy’s solve() and solveset() in order for them to return sets of solutions. This can be annoying if you are used to the SymPy’s way of doing things. Differently, sympy_equation doesn’t change the behaviour of these functions, rather it extends it in order to deal with the Equation class.