> if msg = "negative number cannot be raised to a fractional power" : > print "In Sage, even odd fractional powers of negative numbers yield > complex roots"
I am opposed to printing anything from the Sage library, because I don't want to have to interact with it in any way, including ignoring output. Raising an error does not make sense here. If this is really seen as a win, I suggest it be made part of a "new user's mode" that is off by default. Nick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
