#6263: [with patch; needs review] Add __cmp__ method to ClassFunctions (group
characters)
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 Reporter:  saliola       |       Owner:  joyner    
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  major         |   Milestone:  sage-4.0.2
Component:  group_theory  |    Keywords:            
 Reviewer:                |      Author:            
   Merged:                |  
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Comment(by wdj):

 Replying to [comment:4 saliola]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 wdj]:
 > > I thought GAP's characters were returned in randomish order, at least
 for more complicated groups that have lots of conjugacy classes of a given
 order. Does this patch handle that situation?
 >
 > The GAP manual contains a section called [http://www.gap-
 system.org/~gap/Manuals/doc/htm/ref/CHAP070.htm#SECT003 Comparison of
 Class Functions], which reads:
 > {{{
 > So two class functions are equal if and only if their lists of values
 are equal, no matter whether they are class functions of the same
 character table, of the same group but w.r.t. different class ordering, or
 of different groups.
 > }}}

 Okay, it seems as though at least you are improving the situation over
 what GAP has!



 > So this is partly replicated here, except that the patch actually tests
 the groups as well as the values.
 >
 > If you think it would be better, we can just ask GAP and return the
 answer it gives.

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