Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-28 Thread Pierre GM
On Monday 27 August 2007 14:09:33 Christopher Barker wrote: This is the best bet, or we could call the new one ma, and the old one ma_old. In any case, the old one needs to stick around until the new one has been fully tested for compatibility (and otherwise). That shouldn't be a pb, the

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-27 Thread Christopher Barker
Pierre GM wrote: * Does anyone see any *disadvantages* to this aspect of maskedarray relative to numpy.ma? Nope, but I sure do see the advantages! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/ORR(206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-27 Thread Christopher Barker
Matt Knox wrote: - put it in numpy as a separate module from numpy.ma initially? (eg. numpy.ma_new ?) This is the best bet, or we could call the new one ma, and the old one ma_old. In any case, the old one needs to stick around until the new one has been fully tested for compatibility (and

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-25 Thread Travis Oliphant
Pierre GM wrote: All, * Does anyone see any *disadvantages* to this aspect of maskedarray relative to numpy.ma? * What would be the requisites to move maskedarray out of the sandbox ? We hope to be able in the short term to either replace or at least merge the two implementations,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-25 Thread John Hunter
On 8/24/07, Travis Oliphant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the direction of this work. For me, the biggest issue is whether or not matplotlib (and other code depending on numpy.ma) works with it. I'm pretty sure this can be handled and so, I'd personally like to see it. mpl already supports

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-25 Thread Pierre GM
On Saturday 25 August 2007 12:50:38 Eric Firing wrote: Alexander Michael wrote: Is there any documentation available for your maskedarray? Pierre wrote some notes about maskedarray here: http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/wiki/MaskedArray starting half-way down the page. Please note

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-25 Thread Eric Firing
Pierre GM wrote: On Saturday 25 August 2007 12:50:38 Eric Firing wrote: Alexander Michael wrote: Is there any documentation available for your maskedarray? Pierre wrote some notes about maskedarray here: http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/wiki/MaskedArray starting half-way down the page.

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-25 Thread Matt Knox
I think it's reasonably safe to say at this point that most people are in favor of the new maskedarray implementation becoming the default numpy.ma at some point in the future. So the question is, when/how will the migration process be done? - just swap the whole thing as is and hope for the

[Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations : new developer zone wiki page

2007-08-25 Thread Pierre GM
On Saturday 25 August 2007 15:48:00 Eric Firing wrote: I've made a couple of small emergency edits, but a separate page would make things much more visible and less confusing. So here it is: http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/wiki/MaskedArrayAlternative Please note the section : Optimizing

[Numpy-discussion] Maskedarray implementations

2007-08-24 Thread Pierre GM
All, As you might be aware, there are currently two concurrent implementations of masked arrays in numpy: * numpy.ma is the official implementation, but it is unclear whether it is still actively maintained. * maskedarray is the alternative I've been developing initially for my own purpose