Harald Schilly wrote: > > > On Sep 4, 10:54 pm, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Inhttp://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/3704, the diagonal matrix >> constructor is modified (and simplified/enhanced) to let someone do: >> >> sage: diagonal_matrix(1,2,3) > > hi, i didn't read the patch and don't want to comment much, but just > want to point out that the (.,.,.) arguments in python are limited to > 255 - at least i think so. this is a nice syntax, but problematic if > you use *args. So, my personal bias would be to avoid this syntax, use > lists, and rather introduce things like an upper and lower offset off > the diagonal ... just my 2 cents ;)
Thanks, I didn't know that *args was limited to 255. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
