Re: [open-axiom-devel] [fricas-devel] Re: constants and overload resolution

2011-10-24 Thread Bill Page
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > ... > Bill Page writes: > | So it is a coincidence that the compiler happens to choose 0@P or that > | the representation of all of these candidates is the same so that it > | does not matter? > > It is mostly concidence.  The explanation i

Re: [open-axiom-devel] [fricas-devel] Re: constants and overload resolution

2011-10-24 Thread Bill Page
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > ... > Another example:  Consider the function leftLcm from > NonCommutativeOperatorDivision(P,F)  where >      P: MonogenicLinearOperator(F) >      F: Field > > the function definition is: > >        leftLcm(a,b) == >            a = 0 =>b >