#18940: Polynomials ignore the step argument in __getitem__
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Reporter: pbruin | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_info
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.10
Component: algebra | Resolution:
Keywords: | Merged in:
Authors: Peter Bruin | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
Branch: | Commit:
u/pbruin/18940-getitem_step | 1c56779b3140d12fbe5d0973cdcad0ac9dbb8054
Dependencies: #19409 | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by pbruin):
Replying to [comment:21 jdemeyer]:
> Replying to [comment:20 tscrim]:
> > the current behavior is consistent with converting to a list.
>
> What do you mean? I think that these two outputs should be equal:
> {{{
> sage: pol = PolynomialRing(QQ, 'x')(range(10))
> sage: list(pol[5:])
> [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
> sage: list(pol)[5:]
> [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
> }}}
What would you want the output of `pol[5:]` itself to be?
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