On May 6, 2009, at 12:32 AM, Craig Citro wrote:

>
>> Just out of curiosity, could you comment on my proposal that "order"
>> be removed, and replaced
>> by *only* additive_order and multiplicative_order?  I personally  
>> never
>> use order anymore, since I'm
>> always scared it is the wrong order.
>>
>
> I'm definitely +1 on this -- I always resort to the methods that have
> explicit names. As they say, explicit is better than implicit, and
> this is clearly a case where confusion can ensue ...

+1 from me too. I've been bitten by using the wrong order before.

- Robert


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