#5735: delete extended rationals and integers completely
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 Reporter:  was               |       Owner:  somebody  
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  minor             |   Milestone:  sage-3.4.2
Component:  basic arithmetic  |    Keywords:            
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 {{{
 From David Roe:
 > And yes, I originally wrote Extended Integers and Extended Rationals
 when I
 > was writing lazy p-adics.  Since lazy p-adics aren't currently in good
 > enough shape to be turned on, I don't think any part of the sage library
 > uses Extended Integers or Extended Rationals.  Upon further reflection,
 I'm
 > not sure I even need them for lazy p-adics.  I don't know if it's a good
 > idea to just get rid of extended integers and rationals or not.
 }}}


 +1 to getting rid of them both.   Nobody knows what they are really, and
 they aren't needed, and they are probably partly broken given the bad
 coverage (at least of integer).

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