On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Ralf Hemmecke <r...@hemmecke.de> wrote: >>> Do I do something wrong or is autocoercion doing something strange >>> here? >>> In fact, I would have expected an error telling me that I cannot >>> compare >>> an element of K with any other thing. > >> This is nothing to do with coercion. > > Really? > > sage: parent(1) > Integer Ring > sage: parent(a) > Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 + 1 > > Are you saying that I can compare an integer with an element of K > without coercion. Where can I find the code for this?
No, we're saying that any oddities that arise due to having a (broken, nontransitive) ordering on K can also be seen in situations where coercion is not involved, so they are not in any way caused by coercion. Carl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
