Franco posted this question on the trac server. I thought I would post my answer here in case there is some discussion.
> '''Outstanding question about the degree of an element:''' what do we want > as the default behaviour? Should it: > a. raise an error if the element is not homogeneous; or > b. return the maximum of the degrees of the homogeneous summands? The main use that I have for this function is that I want to sum up to the degree of the symmetric function. In this usage, the degree should be the maximum (answer: a). This is also consistent with what the degree function does in symmetric functions and that is consistent with the degree function of polynomials in a single variable. -Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-combinat-devel" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-combinat-devel/-/TIaFE0zYH7sJ. To post to this group, send email to sage-combinat-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-combinat-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-combinat-devel?hl=en.
