Re: galoisinit() bug

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:34:33PM -0400, Igor Schein wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 10:36:23AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 07:22:49PM -0400, Igor Schein wrote:
> > > Not according to this:
> > > 
> > >                     GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.2.0 (alpha)
> > 
> > You are right, I meant 2.2.1, with this change:
> > ---
> > revision 1.62
> > date: 2001/09/24 14:14:59;  author: bill;  state: Exp;  lines: +95 -71
> > Better strategy for galoisfixedfield
> > More argument checking for galoisfixedfield
> > ---
> > Note that it was working only by luck before this date.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Bill.
> 
> Sorry to be anal, but
> 
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
>                     GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.2.3 (alpha)
> 
> Can this also be explained by a luck factor?  That was the reason I
> said 2.2.4 in the first place, because I tried all 2.2 release prior
> to it, and it was working fine.

OK, to keep the record straight, I redid all the test
(I found the 'old' directory in pub/pari/unstable :))

2.2.0 and 2.2.3 work, but not 2.2.1, 2.2.2, nor 2.2.4.

I will try to understand what is going on, but luck is 
the primary factor here.

Cheers,
Bill.