Hi Simon! On Sep 20, 4:18 pm, Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > However, note that since sage-4.7.2.alpha1 Sage finally has "proper" > weighted degree term orders - that was trac ticket #11316. So, it will > be in the next release.
Yes! I'm aware of (& delighted with) that. > > sage: (x^2).degree(x) > > > >>>> 2 > > > I didn't find the docstring helpful on this. > > No? I find it rather clear. Clear is one thing; helpful is another. :-) The documentation is clear until you encounter unexpected behavior that the it doesn't clarify. In that case, it's not helpful. :-) By contrast, the Singular documentation *is* helpful, since it makes it quite clear that this is the expected behavior. > If the optional parameter x is provided, > then p.degree(x) is the degree of p in x, while it is the total degree > if there is no optional parameter. And of course, x^2 has degree 2 in > x, but has total degree 2 times the degree of x (thus, 6). But the degree of x *isn't* 3; that's the *weight* of x, or at best the weighted-degree, even in Singular-speak (pp. 2, 13 of the Greuel- Pfister text). > Do you have an alternative wording for the doc string? Add the word "weighted", as in the Singular documentation, and add an example (such as the one I've given). If that seems okay with you, I'll work on that. john -- 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
