Getting back on topic as kindly requested (apologies for the wild digression earlier).
The docstring for `RR` currently reads: ``` sage: RR? Type: RealField_class String form: Real Field with 53 bits of precision File: /opt/s/sage92b6/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sage/rings/real_mpfr.pyx Docstring: An approximation to the field of real numbers using floating point numbers with any specified precision. Answers derived from calculations in this approximation may differ from what they would be if those calculations were performed in the true field of real numbers. This is due to the rounding errors inherent to finite precision calculations. See the documentation for the module "sage.rings.real_mpfr" for more details. ``` which very adequately - starts with the words "an approximation to the field of real numbers using floating point numbers" - ends with a reference to the sage.rings.real_mpfr documentation, which itself, as accessed by `sage: sage.rings.real_mpfr?`, clearly formulates what we are dealing with. So I think we're mostly fine, but I understand the need to clarify the string representation. The first sentence in the `RR` docstring suggests we could replace the current string forms: ``` sage: RealField(8) Real Field with 8 bits of precision sage: RealField() Real Field with 53 bits of precision sage: RR Real Field with 53 bits of precision ``` with the following ones: ``` sage: RealField(8) Real Field approximation with 8 bits of precision sage: RealField() Real Field approximation with 53 bits of precision sage: RR Real Field approximation with 53 bits of precision ``` or if we need something shorter: ``` sage: RealField(8) Real Field 8 bit approximation sage: RealField() Real Field 53 bit approximation sage: RR Real Field 53 bit approximation ``` I'm also fine with other suggested solutions. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/4cfaa8d1-b8b6-4ac6-bce9-0b8633ce68a6o%40googlegroups.com.
