On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More concisely, this proposal could be worded: > > What do people think of making matrix() return a matrix over a field by > default, unless a ring is explicitly specified. The default field would > either be the fraction field of the ring containing the specified > elements, or would be QQ if no elements are specified. This logic would > *only* be applied if a ring is not specified. The documentation of > matrix() would also be changed accordingly.
Just to make sure I get it: matrix(1,1,[1]) and matrix(1,2,[Mod(23,4),23]) will be over QQ To me it looks like the *only* change from the current beahavior will be that the matrices above will be over QQ, instead of over ZZ or a generic ring. What other cases am I missing? didier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
