#10886: DisjointSet: number of sets function
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   Reporter:  rlm            |       Owner:  jason       
       Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  needs_review
   Priority:  major          |   Milestone:  sage-4.7    
  Component:  misc           |    Keywords:              
     Author:  Robert Miller  |    Upstream:  N/A         
   Reviewer:                 |      Merged:              
Work_issues:                 |  
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Comment(by abmasse):

 Hi, Robert!

 I just took a look at your patch. Two remarks and a question:

   #. The function `number_of_sets` you added is only defined for the
 `DisjointSet_of_integers` class. You should add it as well to the
 `DisjointSet_of_hashables`.

   #. While you're at it, I suggest the name `number_of_subsets` instead of
 `number_of_sets`, since we talk about partitioning a set into disjoint
 subsets. It follows the terminology used in the first line of Wikipedia
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjoint-set_data_structure).

   #.  My question is mainly addressed to Sébastien but maybe you know the
 answer. What is the reason for creating the class `DisjointSet_class`? It
 says that it is supposed to contain functions common to all disjoint set
 data structures, but it only contains two basic functions. Shouln't
 functions such as `cardinality`, `number_of_sets`, etc. be there too?

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