#10595: Vector constructor fails on empty list with no ring given
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   Reporter:  rbeezer            |       Owner:  jason, was  
       Type:  defect             |      Status:  needs_review
   Priority:  major              |   Milestone:  sage-4.7    
  Component:  linear algebra     |    Keywords:              
     Author:  Rob Beezer         |    Upstream:  N/A         
   Reviewer:  Dmitrii Pasechnik  |      Merged:              
Work_issues:                     |  
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Old description:

> {{{
> sage: vector(QQ,[])
> ()
>
> sage: vector([])
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call
> last)
>
> /home/sage/sage-4.6.1.rc1/devel/sage-main/<ipython console> in <module>()
>
> /sage/sage-4.6.1.rc1/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/modules/free_module_element.so in
> sage.modules.free_module_element.vector
> (sage/modules/free_module_element.c:3229)()
>
> /sage/sage-4.6.1.rc1/local/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/sage/modules/free_module_element.so in
> sage.modules.free_module_element.prepare
> (sage/modules/free_module_element.c:3675)()
>
> TypeError: unable to find a common ring for all elements
> }}}
>
> Default ring should be `ZZ` ideally.

New description:

 {{{
 sage: vector(QQ,[])
 ()

 sage: vector([])
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call
 last)

 /home/sage/sage-4.6.1.rc1/devel/sage-main/<ipython console> in <module>()

 /sage/sage-4.6.1.rc1/local/lib/python2.6/site-
 packages/sage/modules/free_module_element.so in
 sage.modules.free_module_element.vector
 (sage/modules/free_module_element.c:3229)()

 /sage/sage-4.6.1.rc1/local/lib/python2.6/site-
 packages/sage/modules/free_module_element.so in
 sage.modules.free_module_element.prepare
 (sage/modules/free_module_element.c:3675)()

 TypeError: unable to find a common ring for all elements
 }}}

 Default ring should be `ZZ` ideally.

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 Apply both

  - trac_10595-vector-constructor-empty-list.patch
  - 10595-referee.patch

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Comment(by jhpalmieri):

 To the patchbot: Apply both

  - trac_10595-vector-constructor-empty-list.patch
  - 10595-referee.patch

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/10595#comment:14>
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