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Re: silly behavior of factor(6)



On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:30:29AM +0200, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote:
> >I'm currently inclined to change it to error on 0, print a leading -1
> >for negatives, and leave the rest alone...
> 
> -1 isn't a prime factor.  "Unless it is."  I'll let this speak for
> itself as to the can of worms opened by introducing x<1 as input
> without having factor.6 contain a lesson in number fields.  Please,
> please keep input in N.

N+ :)

Joerg


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