On Dec 29, 2008, at 4:47 PM, William Stein wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Robert Bradshaw > <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: >> >> +1 to (deprecating then removing) removing X.list(), and replacing it >> with X.entries(). > > Very good point. We *must* remember to make X.list() use the > deprecation warning system, and only remove it after 6 months. Could > you make a trac ticket?
Done. http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/4889 > >> >>> That X[0] returns the first row instead of the first column is a >>> completely arbitrary choice. It had to be made, so it was made. >> >> >> I don't think it's quite arbitrary, M[a][b] == M[a,b] seems a lot >> more natural than the other way, and the latter ordering, though >> perhaps arbitrary, seems to be the more conventional one. >> >> - Robert > > Very good point. It's just as arbitrary as the standard mathematical > notation $a_{ij}$ for the ij entry of a matrix. So it is consistant > with standard mathematical notation, which means it isn't "totally > arbitrary" after all. > > William > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
