On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:46:15PM +0100, Florent hivert wrote:
> > Quick question: many types have methods one_element() and
> > zero_element() which are used a lot. For example, ZZ.one() and
> > ZZ.zero() are aliases for ZZ.one_element() and ZZ.zero_element(). Is
> > your intention to deprecate these longer names?
>
> I had the impression that this has been already decided see eg [1]:
>
> def one_element(self):
> r"""
> Backward compatibility alias for :meth:`self.one()`.
>
> TESTS::
>
> sage: S = Monoids().example()
> sage: S.one_element()
> ''
>
> """
> return self.one()
>
> Though I can't find the thread. Also, In the category roadmap [2]:
>
> A.one() A.zero() a.is_one() a.is_zero() A(1) A(0) when it makes sense
> A.one_element() A.zero_element() deprecated in the doc; fully deprecated
> later.
Yup. This had been decided after a poll with the developers at Sage
days 15 in Seattle.
Cheers,
Nicolas
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