>    3. Make `content` always return an element, create a method `
>    content_ideal` to return an ideal, and implement `content` only over 
>    PIDs.

I vote 3 as well. It limits confusion when coming from other systems
while not really being confusing for new-CAS users.

> A. What kind of deprecation should be implemented?
I have no opinion on that.

> B. What should the content (element) over QQ (or other fraction fields) be? 
> Of course, 1 is a possible answer, but note that gcd(2/3, 4/5) = 2/15 for 
> instance. So another possible answer is `gcd(pol.coefficients())`.

Since gcd(pol.coefficients()) could potentially be useful while 1 is
never useful, I vote for that :-)

Best,
Johan

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