[sage-devel] Re: is_simplified()

2008-01-27 Thread William Stein
On Jan 26, 2008 1:10 PM, Robert Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe the point of is_simplified() is to see if the result has > already been simplified. Trying to detect if simplify() will modify > self is a (potentially) expensive operation, so if it knows it's been > simplified then i

[sage-devel] Re: is_simplified()

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Bradshaw
I believe the point of is_simplified() is to see if the result has already been simplified. Trying to detect if simplify() will modify self is a (potentially) expensive operation, so if it knows it's been simplified then it returns True, but otherwise it returns False (which may be a false