[sage-devel] Re: is_zero

2007-04-12 Thread boothby
> All good points. I have a suggestion: I think it would be worhtwhile > to set up a pybots-like build environment (http://www.pybots.org/) for > SAGE. Basically, pybots is a buildbot that rebuilds your project > everytime a python checkin is made on the trunk. This way you can see > what is brea

[sage-devel] Re: is_zero

2007-04-12 Thread didier deshommes
On 4/12/07, David Roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/12/07, David Roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just took a look at the Python 3000 PEP. A couple of points where > things due to be phased out are commonly used in SAGE: > > -- raise ValueError, "That number shouldn't be zero" -- no

[sage-devel] Re: is_zero

2007-04-12 Thread David Roe
On 4/12/07, David Roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just took a look at the Python 3000 PEP. A couple of points where > things due to be phased out are commonly used in SAGE: > -- raise ValueError, "That number shouldn't be zero" -- now illegal > -- raise ValueError("That number shouldn't b

[sage-devel] Re: Cloning error? 2.4.1.2

2007-04-12 Thread didier deshommes
Aparently this will be fixed in 2.4.1.3 On 4/12/07, Timothy Clemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this a problem for just me? I saw this before but I thought I had > done it, but I downloaded the latest release and complied and > apparently I'm getting the same error. > > Now cloning the curr

[sage-devel] Re: is_zero

2007-04-12 Thread William Stein
On 4/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > many classes in SAGE implement and test for is_zero. I think these methods > > should be replaced with __nonzero__ methods, as this is the standard way > > of > > doing such a test in Python. For example, int doesn't have

[sage-devel] Cloning error? 2.4.1.2

2007-04-12 Thread Timothy Clemans
Is this a problem for just me? I saw this before but I thought I had done it, but I downloaded the latest release and complied and apparently I'm getting the same error. Now cloning the current SAGE library branch... hg clone sage sage-webdsage abort: No such file or directory: sage-webdsage/.hg

[sage-devel] Re: is_zero

2007-04-12 Thread ncalexan
> Hi there, > > many classes in SAGE implement and test for is_zero. I think these methods > should be replaced with __nonzero__ methods, as this is the standard way > of > doing such a test in Python. For example, int doesn't have a is_zero(), > such > that one would have to test for a type (of

[sage-devel] is_zero

2007-04-12 Thread Martin Albrecht
Hi there, many classes in SAGE implement and test for is_zero. I think these methods should be replaced with __nonzero__ methods, as this is the standard way of doing such a test in Python. For example, int doesn't have a is_zero(), such that one would have to test for a type (of a return val

[sage-devel] Re: mirroring problems with sage.math

2007-04-12 Thread mabshoff
On Apr 12, 3:13 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/12/07, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > \> On Apr 12, 5:28 am, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The scipy.org mirror seems to be okay, but I too noticed the > > > permission problems (which I think mess up

[sage-devel] Re: mirroring problems with sage.math

2007-04-12 Thread William Stein
On 4/12/07, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: \> On Apr 12, 5:28 am, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The scipy.org mirror seems to be okay, but I too noticed the > > permission problems (which I think mess up the -d option to rsync). > > > > Ok, that only becomes a problem once the b

[sage-devel] Re: mirroring problems with sage.math

2007-04-12 Thread mabshoff
Hello, On Apr 12, 5:28 am, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The scipy.org mirror seems to be okay, but I too noticed the > permission problems (which I think mess up the -d option to rsync). > Ok, that only becomes a problem once the binaries are updated because then you end up with lo