rawRingElementCompare()

int rawRingElementCompare	(	const RingElement *	a,
		const RingElement *	b )

Definition at line 376 of file ringelement.cpp.

{
  try
    {
      const Ring *R = a->get_ring();
      if (R != b->get_ring()) return 0;
      //  if (a->is_zero())
      //    {
      //      if (b->is_zero()) return 0;
      //      return 1;
      //    }
      //  if (b->is_zero()) return -1;
      return R->compare_elems(a->get_value(), b->get_value());
  } catch (const exc::engine_error& e)
    {
      ERROR(e.what());
      return -2;
  }
}

References Ring::compare_elems(), ERROR, RingElement::get_ring(), and RingElement::get_value().