On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Simon King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I never understood why some people say "lattice" when they have a > "poset with meet and join"...
Same here. But they do and math terms are pretty arbitrary. > But i don't see the point: Would it really be difficult to live with > that name conflict? > I mean, certainly the two species of "lattice" would live in two > different packages, say (just for simplicity), in "group" and in > "poset". > > Now, of course saying > sage: from sage.poset import lattice > sage: from sage.group import lattice > wouldn't work. > > But if a user really wants to use both types of lattice in the same > program, he/she is free to say > sage: from sage.poset import lattice as lattice_po > sage: from sage.group import lattice as lattice_gr > and go ahead. > > Or is it intended to have both types of lattice in sage without to > explicitly import them from the corresponding package? > Yes. We're only talking about the top-level global namespace. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
