On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:34 PM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > sage: matrix([[1,1,-2,1,1,-2],[-2,1,1,-2,1,1],[1,-2,1,1,-2,1]]) > [ 1 1 -2 1 1 -2] > [-2 1 1 -2 1 1] > [ 1 -2 1 1 -2 1] > sage: M = _ > sage: M > <bound method NullTranslations.ugettext of <gettext.NullTranslations > instance at 0x10eacf8c0>> > > I thought that not so long ago _ was a reference to the object in the > previous thing, but now apparently (I don't know what NullTranslations > is, but I'm guessing) when _repr_ is called I get _ to be whatever the > return value of its output is (?). > > As a result, _ becomes substantially less useful. If I had remembered > to do > > sage: M = matrix([[1,1,-2,1,1,-2],[-2,1,1,-2,1,1],[1,-2,1,1,-2,1]]) > > I would have done so in the first place, but _ is often the easiest > way to save me from my memory (and yes, I realize the command history > can help too but _ was the *most* easy way to do it). > > Any ideas on whether I'm doing something wrong? Or, how to get my old > behavior back (if it indeed ever existed...)? > > Thanks, > - kcrisman > > -- > 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<sage-support%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > URL: http://www.sagemath.org >
I believe this issue was fixed in Sage 4.4.2.alpha0 (at least). -- Tim Joseph Dumol <tim (at) timdumol (dot) com> http://timdumol.com -- 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org
