Hi!

On 2014-04-28, Nathann Cohen <nathann.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The default repr is in terms of smith form gens, so IMHO it makes more sense
>> to default to a linear combination of smith form gens. Imagine some method
>> returns an abelian group, how are you going to construct elements?
>
> Well, obviously by changing repr, no ? O_o

+1.

There should of course be a command to "normalise" a product of abelian groups.
But applying this normalisation by default violates the principle of
least surprise, IMHO.

Cheers,
Simon

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