From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 23:50:41 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Add a test for the empty product.
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=586cdd1b296a1e76c7c73e695dea3dc67d59987e;p=sage.d.git

Add a test for the empty product.
Add some backticks.
---

diff --git a/mjo/misc.py b/mjo/misc.py
index 8f50de3..061a509 100644
--- a/mjo/misc.py
+++ b/mjo/misc.py
@@ -5,20 +5,22 @@ Stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.
 from sage.all import *
 from functools import reduce
 
+
 def legend_latex(obj):
     """
-    Return the LaTeX representation of `obj`, but wrap it in dollar
+    Return the LaTeX representation of ``obj``, but wrap it in dollar
     ($) signs so that we can pass it directly to plot() et al. as a
     legend label.
     """
     return '$%s$' % latex(obj)
 
+
 def product(factors):
     """
-    Returns the product of the elements in the list `factors`. If the
-    list is empty, we return 1.
+    Returns the product of the elements in the list ``factors``. If
+    the list is empty, we return 1.
 
-    TESTS:
+    EXAMPLES:
 
     Normal integer multiplication::
 
@@ -31,5 +33,12 @@ def product(factors):
         sage: product([x,y,z])
         x*y*z
 
+    TESTS:
+
+    The empty product is the multiplicative identity (one)::
+
+        sage: product([])
+        1
+
     """
     return reduce(operator.mul, factors, 1)