Fast function field arithmetic

[robertwb]

Wrapping flint directly should be much faster than the current implementation of Frac(GF(p)['t'])

CC: @roed314

Component: algebra

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/7585

[robertwb]

Attachment: 7585_FpT.patch.gz

[robertwb]

comment:1

First pass, 4-40x faster.

[robertwb]

comment:2

Still has a lot of work (better integration, doctests, testing...)

[robertwb]

Attachment: 7585_FpT.2.patch.gz

[robertwb]

Attachment: 7585_FpT-more.patch.gz

apply on top of previous

[roed314]

comment:4

I've added some doctests. I'll try to split the work on FpT off from the rest of the things I've been doing on residue fields and post a patch tomorrow.

[roed314]

Attachment: 7585_1_FpT-orig.patch.gz

Rebased against 4.3.rc0

[roed314]

Attachment: 7585_2_FpT-more.patch.gz

Rebased against 4.3.rc0

[roed314]

Attachment: 7585_3_FpT-update.patch.gz