On 20 Jan 2016 19:40, "Nathann Cohen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I write a lot of code that requires me to build finite fields, and the > finite fields F_q, when q is not a prime number, cannot be > instanciated without specifying a variable name: > > sage: GF(16) > ValueError: parameter 'conway' is required if no name given > > Thus, I always use GF(16,'x') to avoid this exception. > > Is there any reason to not make GF(16) behave as GF(16,'x') does, > unless specified otherwise? I do not see the point of requesting the > user to provide a character if (s)he does not care. >
+1 for having a default, though I would choose 'a'. > Nathann > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
