On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:31 AM, William Stein wrote:
> > On Jan 16, 2008 9:26 AM, Robert Bradshaw > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> There is no way in python to detect how many arguments a function >> result will be assigned to, and I'm not a fan of magma's way of doing >> it. WIth variable length tuples one has to check the length of a >> tuple before unpacking it. > > I'll just come out and say it -- It's a _terrible_ design in Magma. +1. I think this is really bad design. Trying to unwind code that relies on this will be a headache, and we should be considering maintainability as we go. It's always tough to start tackling a large code base long after the original developers have moved on, and this kind of trickery won't help a bit. Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds -------- Some people have a mental horizon of radius zero, and call it their point of view. -- David Hilbert -------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
