Hi all, I noticed that iterating over a finite field gives a different order depending on the implementation:
sage: list(sage.rings.finite_field_prime_modn.FiniteField_prime_modn (7)) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] sage: list(sage.rings.finite_field.FiniteField_givaro(7)) [0, 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] sage: list(sage.rings.finite_field_ext_pari.FiniteField_ext_pari (2**3,'a')) [0, 1, a, a + 1, a^2, a^2 + 1, a^2 + a, a^2 + a + 1] sage: list(sage.rings.finite_field.FiniteField_givaro(2**3)) [0, a, a^2, a + 1, a^2 + a, a^2 + a + 1, a^2 + 1, 1] sage: list(sage.rings.finite_field_ntl_gf2e.FiniteField_ntl_gf2e (2**3,'a')) [0, 1, a, a + 1, a^2, a^2 + 1, a^2 + a, a^2 + a + 1] I think we should change the behavior for FiniteField_givaro, but maybe it's better to give the choice between the two behavior. Do you think it's useful to keep both? Which one would you prefer for default? Yann --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
