On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Robert Bradshaw
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1 to (deprecating then removing) removing X.list(), and replacing it
> with X.entries().
Very good point. We *must* remember to make X.list() use the
deprecation warning system, and only remove it after 6 months. Could
you make a trac ticket?
>
>> That X[0] returns the first row instead of the first column is a
>> completely arbitrary choice. It had to be made, so it was made.
>
>
> I don't think it's quite arbitrary, M[a][b] == M[a,b] seems a lot
> more natural than the other way, and the latter ordering, though
> perhaps arbitrary, seems to be the more conventional one.
>
> - Robert
Very good point. It's just as arbitrary as the standard mathematical
notation $a_{ij}$ for the ij entry of a matrix. So it is consistant
with standard mathematical notation, which means it isn't "totally
arbitrary" after all.
William
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