On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 01:17:18PM +0100, Sébastien Brisard wrote: > 2012/3/5 sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > > 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 > > > Ooops. > That's true. I guess I'll have to postpone this one until 4.0... Sorry > about that... > Let me rephrase that: would you *in principle* agree with this new > feature? If that's OK, I could file a (very long term) JIRA ticket (to > be fixed in 4.0).
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