16613: Deprecate content

Author: bgrenet

src/sage/rings/polynomial/polynomial_element.pyx

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ from sage.misc.cachefunc import cached_function
 from sage.categories.map cimport Map
 from sage.categories.morphism cimport Morphism
 
-from sage.misc.superseded import deprecation
+from sage.misc.superseded import deprecation, deprecated_function_alias
 
 cpdef is_Polynomial(f):
     """
@@ -7307,34 +7307,7 @@ cdef class Polynomial(CommutativeAlgebraElement):
         """
         return self.base_ring().ideal(self.coefficients())
 
-    def content(self):
-        """
-        Return the content of this polynomial, defined as the gcd of its
-        coefficients.
-
-        .. WARNING::
-
-            Over some rings, this method used to return the ideal generated by
-            the coefficients. The method :meth:`content_ideal` now serves this
-            purpose.
-
-        .. SEEALSO::
-
-            :meth:`content_ideal`
-
-        EXAMPLES::
-
-            sage: R.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZZ, sparse=True)
-            sage: p = 2*x^2 + 6*x - 4
-            sage: p.content()
-            2
-            sage: S.<y> = R[]
-            sage: q = 3*(x^2 - 1) * y + 2*(x+1)
-            sage: q.content()
-            x + 1
-        """
-        from sage.arith.all import gcd
-        return gcd(self.coefficients())
+    content = deprecated_function_alias(16613, content_ideal)
 
     def norm(self, p):
         r"""