2012/3/5 Sébastien Brisard <sebastien.bris...@m4x.org>:
> Le 5 mars 2012 09:57, Sébastien Brisard <sebastien.bris...@m4x.org> a écrit :
>> Hi,
>> I would like to make the following addition to the FieldElement<T> interface:
>> T divide(int n)
>> which would formally be defined as
>> this.divide(n) = this.divide(this.getOne().multiply(n)).
>>
>> This would simplify some expressions, eg integration of polynomials (a
>> * x**k becomes a / (k+1) * x ** (k+1)).
>>
>> What do you think?
>> Sébastien
>
> Please note that the change would hardly be noticeable, as many of the
> classes implementing FieldElement already implement divide(int).
> Sébastien

Also, adding a method to an interface is binary compatible.
It is not source compatible.

Sebastian

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