On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Simon King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear William, > > On Nov 18, 5:12 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> And no, Michael, this isn't a bug. It's a feature that I implemented >> long ago. > > I agree it is a feature. > > In fact, I've put these words in with the intention to make it > optional, but then I forgot it...
Which is one more reason to consider it a mis-feature. I had no clue when I wrote that code whether # optional or putting those three words in would turn out to be the way to go. In retrospect, # optional is, since generally speaking, "explicit is better than implicit". William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
