#16725: Implement a general monoid_generators for groups
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       Reporter:  tscrim             |        Owner:  tscrim
           Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  needs_review
       Priority:  major              |    Milestone:  sage-6.3
      Component:  group theory       |   Resolution:
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        Authors:  Travis Scrimshaw   |    Reviewers:
Report Upstream:  N/A                |  Work issues:
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  public/groups/monoid_generators-16725|  
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Comment (by tscrim):

 Replying to [comment:4 ncohen]:
 > Hmmmm... `group_generators` calls `monoid_generators` and conversely.
 Isn't that an infinite loop, for some instance that I cannot create ?
 `:-P`

 Unfortunately we don't currently have a way to break out of such not-
 implemented generic infinite loops (there's another example with descents
 in Weyl groups #15456).

 > Also, if a group has no `group_generators` method nor
 `monoid_generators` method then `MyGroup.group_generators()` will result
 in an `AttributeError` saying that `monoid_generators` does not exist,
 which feels a bit weird `:-/`

 With this, that situation will never occur since we've defined a generic
 `group_generators` and `monoid_generators` in the `Groups` category, so
 every group gets it.

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