> > > > The files written by Ralf Gugisch do not contain the stuff on oriented > > > matroids. They just provide permutation groups and their action on STL > > > containers and a base class for building up a backtrack tree. > > > Therefore, I think, there is no reason for factoring out these files? > > > It looks like a sufficiently interesting piece of functionality on its > > own. > > Which looks like a jolly valid reason to me to factor it out. > > You are right, these are some really useful tools. But I am not sure > where to use them within Sage?
well, your "main" code would then use them! If it's packaged in some meaningful way then there would eventually be users, otherwise it would just rot somewhere... > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > Dmitrii > > > > > A minor detail, that can potentially cause a headache, is that the > > > > line endings are inconsistent across the patch (Unix/Windows). > > > > This will be changed, I did not realize that I have mixed them up. > > > > > This certainly can become an experimental package, IMHO. > > > > Thomas > > > > > Dima > > > > > > BTW,Thomashas a version of his program which calls > > > > > MAGMA:http://www.algorithm.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/Coding_Theory/index.... > > > > > > - David Joyner -- 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