On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 06:12:49AM +0200, Vincent Delecroix wrote: > if my_set in FiniteSets(): > # some stuff for finite sets > ... > elif my_set in InfiniteSets(): > # some stuff for infinite sets > ... > elif my_set in Sets(): > # some stuff for finite or infinite sets > ... > else: > raise ValueError("this is not a set!") > > I think that the above code is enough clear to get rid of a is_finite method.
See also the recent discussion we had with Martin about the difference between X in FiniteSets() and X.is_finite(). (calling is_finite may possibly trigger an expensive/undecidable calculation to decide whether the set is finite or not). Cheers, Nicolas -- Nicolas M. ThiƩry "Isil" <nthi...@users.sf.net> http://Nicolas.Thiery.name/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-combinat-devel" group. 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.