[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Mark Dickinson dicki...@gmail.com added the comment: Agree with the -1s. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Changes by maniram maniram maniandra...@gmail.com: -- status: open - languishing ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Changes by Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com: -- resolution: - rejected status: languishing - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: maniram: the proper course is to publish such a module on PyPI. Then, if there is enough interest in it (after a few years), propose addition to the standard library. -- nosy: +loewis ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Changes by maniram maniram maniandra...@gmail.com: -- title: Add prime-related functions to Python - Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org added the comment: -1 in general. I think that's too domain specific to belong in stdlib. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Meador Inge mead...@gmail.com added the comment: I agree with Benjamin about this being too domain specific for stdlib. Also, I don't really see a good argument as to why this functionality is useful. -1 from me too. -- nosy: +meador.inge ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
maniram maniram maniandra...@gmail.com added the comment: I think math.sin is also domain-specific. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org added the comment: Hardly, being a widely applicable mathematical function. Also, it's in a C math library which is what Python's is originally based on. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Meador Inge mead...@gmail.com added the comment: On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Benjamin Peterson rep...@bugs.python.org wrote: Hardly, being a widely applicable mathematical function. I was just typing a similar response. Also, it's in a C math library which is what Python's is originally based on. Not just *a* C math library. *The* Standard C library! :-) -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org added the comment: 2011/12/15 Meador Inge rep...@bugs.python.org: Not just *a* C math library. *The* Standard C library! :-) Quite! -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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maniram maniram maniandra...@gmail.com added the comment: Anybody else than Benjamin and Meador please comment on this. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr added the comment: Anybody else than Benjamin and Meador please comment on this. I don't know why we would want to maintain this in the stdlib. We would also need a dedicated maintainer so that efficient algorithms are chosen and implemented. Such functions are available in PyCrypto by the way: https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/doc/#crypto-util-number -- nosy: +mark.dickinson, pitrou versions: -Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
Alex Gaynor alex.gay...@gmail.com added the comment: I'll chip in my 2 cents as well and say this also seems too domain specific and not useful enough for the stdlib. -- nosy: +alex ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13603] Add prime-related and number theory functions to Python
maniram maniram maniandra...@gmail.com added the comment: On further thought, I have changed my mind. I think this is domain-specific. Shall we close this bug? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13603 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
