Florent Hivert wrote:
> Dear William
>
>> I like s.cardinality() since that's what I've used often already all
>> over in Sage.
>> Do
>>
>> sage: search_src('cardinality')
>> <hundreds of places in sage where this is used!>
>
> Arglll !!! I had this idea and issued an
>
> tomahawk-*ge-combinat/sage $ grep def\ cardinality\( **/*.py* | wc
> 11 35 533
>
> which was a pretty low number. For the record:
> tomahawk-*ge-combinat/sage $ grep def\ cardinality\( **/*.py*
> rings/integer_mod_ring.py: def cardinality(self):
> rings/ring.pyx: def cardinality(self):
> schemes/elliptic_curves/ell_finite_field.py: def cardinality(self,
> algorithm='heuristic', extension_degree=1):
> sets/primes.py: def cardinality(self):
> sets/set.py: def cardinality(self):
> sets/set.py: def cardinality(self):
> sets/set.py: def cardinality(self):
> sets/set.py: def cardinality(self):
> sets/set.py: def cardinality(self):
> sets/set.py: def cardinality(self):
> structure/parent.pyx: def cardinality(self):
>
> Is there a standard policy about aliases like card/cardinality ?
I think in general, the definition goes with the most descriptive name
(e.g., cardinality). Sometimes a shorter alias is then created to make
typing easier (e.g., card). An example of this the adjacency matrix of
a graph. We have g.adjacency_matrix, but we also have the shortcut g.am.
If there is only one function name, then it is the more explicit name
(e.g., cardinality)
Jason
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