Re: nf.sign in 2.0.12

[Igor Schein <igor@txc.com>]

On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 03:54:54AM -0500, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:
> Since I cannot compile 2.0.13 - neither with cc, nor with gcc - I
> report a bug in 2.0.12.
> 
> ? res=-23708160*x^9 - 225566208*x^8 - 1131314688*x^7 - 3968372736*x^6 - 7276863
> 744*x^5 - 1112932224*x^4 + 22694392512*x^3 + 49279399488*x^2 + 50845741200*x +
> 22483386864
> %1 = -23708160*x^9 - 225566208*x^8 - 1131314688*x^7 - 3968372736*x^6 - 727686374
> 4*x^5 - 1112932224*x^4 + 22694392512*x^3 + 49279399488*x^2 + 50845741200*x + 224
> 83386864
> ? nf=nfinit(res);
> ? nf=nfinit(res);
>   ***   Warning: non-monic polynomial. I shall transform it.
> ? nf.sign
>   ***   incorrect type in .sign: nf.sign
>                                     ^---
> 
> (I also got a segfault when execution the same later in a long session.)
> 
> Enjoy,
> Ilya

Confirmed with 2.0.13 and later.  However, nfinit(res,2).sign works.

Igor