deprecation in a way that allows code to be adapted gradually would mean: - introduce a new method with a different name that implements the desired behaviour - deprecate old method - after appropriate deprecation period remove old method - possibly, at this point introduce the now-vacated name as a synonym for the method with the desired method. Quite frankly I think "coefficient_matrix" is the wrong name anyway: I'd expect such a method to return a matrix, but it returns a tuple (both in the old and the new version). So I think step 4 can be skipped in this case.
Note that often deprecation remains the state for very long: the motivation for actually removing functionality is pretty minimal. On Tuesday 9 January 2024 at 23:49:37 UTC-8 Ruchit Jagodara wrote: > Currently, the PolynomialSequence.coefficient_matrix() function returns a > matrix of monomials as the second element of a tuple. However, as discussed > in issue [#37027](https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/37027), it has > been suggested that returning a vector of monomials would be more logical. > I am uncertain about the correct approach to deprecate the current > behavior. I have submitted a pull request with the proposed changes at PR > [#37035](https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37035), but I would > appreciate guidance on whether this is the appropriate way to deprecate the > property. > -- 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/09fd753c-606f-4d84-8557-8a2798daf5ccn%40googlegroups.com.
