I am happy with that. After all:
sage: a=3
sage: a.sqrt()
sqrt(3)
works like this since the extend parameter defaults to True. Compare:
sage: a.sqrt(extend=False)
...
ValueError: square root of 3 not an integer
John
On 14 June 2010 16:24, William Stein wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:22 A
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Rob Beezer wrote:
> On Jun 14, 6:12 am, mmarco wrote:
>> So, what do you think?
>
> Sure, but can the default remain extend = True and maintain your
> desire for correctness?
It has to. I think it would be a very bad idea to change the default
behavior, since