On 2010-08-20 00:59, Simon King wrote: > But how is the representation created in the first place? That's the > job of the method X._foo_init_. It is supposed to return a string that > yields a representation of X when evaluated in foo. If X._foo_init_ is > not there, X._interface_init_ is called, which by default returns > repr(X) (which often makes sense, but of course not always).
But this does not explain why _foo_init_ should return a STRING (clearly, this is often a bad idea). -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
