#4889: deprecate matrix.list()
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Reporter: robertwb | Owner: was
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-3.4.1
Component: linear algebra | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by was):
I was coding, and I realized that I very strongly object to this ticket --
or at least the nebulousness of it -- I can't even write the code i want
the way I want since I know that it will just break for sure as soon as
somebody closes this ticket :-(. For me it is an incredibly important
design pattern when working with matrices to turn the entire matrix into a
list of its entries -- do something with them -- then use the resulting
list to make another matrix.
This is exactly modeled on Magma's {{{Eltseq}}} command, which turns
almost anything in Magma into a linear sequence, and almost anything in
Magma can be reconstructed from that sequence.
Anyway, the list method is not just one off thing that doesn't matter --
it's central to matrices. So either wontfix this ticket or do it asap to
get the pain over with.
I do worry that changing this is changing things for change sake, and I'm
not convinced that is a good idea...
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