On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:40 PM Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > On 2018-12-14, E. Madison Bray <erik.m.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > sage: from sage.libs.gap.all_documented_functions import * > > sage: DihedralGroup(8) > ><pc group of size 8 with 3 generators> > > sage: type(_) > ><type 'sage.libs.gap.element.GapElement'> > > > > Oops, this clobbers multiple existing built-ins in Sage. > > What's the problem? If you import something, the stuff you import will > of course override existing stuff.
Yeah, and that's obviously bad advice to be giving users. "Here: Override Sage's a builtins with a bunch of arbitrary built-ins from GAP; enjoy playing wheel of fortune with what still works!" > However, if I understand correctly, that's not your main point. No... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
