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http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19929
Nathann
On 20 January 2016 at 21:40, Nathann Cohen <nathann.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I write a lot of code that requires me to build finite fields, and the
> finite fields F_q, when q is not a prime number, cannot be
> instanciated without specifying a variable name:
>
> sage: GF(16)
> ValueError: parameter 'conway' is required if no name given
>
> Thus, I always use GF(16,'x') to avoid this exception.
>
> Is there any reason to not make GF(16) behave as GF(16,'x') does,
> unless specified otherwise? I do not see the point of requesting the
> user to provide a character if (s)he does not care.
>
> Nathann
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