Hi, Le 17/01/2013 23:31, Matthew Brett a écrit : >> Would it be too weird or clumsy to extend the empty and empty_like functions >> >to do the filling? >> > >> >np.empty((10, 10), fill=np.nan) >> >np.empty_like(my_arr, fill=np.nan) > That sounds like a good idea to me. Someone wanting a fast way to > fill an array will probably check out the 'empty' docstring first. Oh, that sounds very good to me. There is indeed a bit of contradictions between "empty" and "fill" but maybe not that strong if we think of "empty" as a "void of actual information". (Especially true when the fill value is nan or inf, which, as Ben just mentionned are probably the most commonly used fill value after zero.)
Maybe a keyword named "value" instead of "fill" may help soften the semantic opposition with "empty" ? best, Pierre _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
