One cannot always get an integer, e.g. 3^-3 cannot be an integer. So the choices for type(int(3)^-3) are QQ or floats - currently Python's.
I see no reason for int(3)^3 not to return a Sage Integer, and for int(3)^-3 not to return a QQ. I'll report on testing the Sage library after such a change. Dima PS. Looking in the corresponding code fragment, one also seems there a weird place, allowing for "blah"^3 to be replaced by "blah"*3... This is really strange --- is there a reason for this? -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
