Robert Kern wrote: > Eric Firing wrote: > >>It seems that the logical operators || and &&, corresponding to >>logical_or and logical_and are missing; one can do >> >>z = logical_and(x,y) >> >>but not >> >>z = x && y >> >>Is there an inherent reason, or is this a bug? > > > Python does not have a && operator. It has an "and" keyword, but that cannot > be > overridden. If you know x and y to be boolean arrays, & and | work fine.
Out of curiosity, is there a simple explanation as to why "and" cannot be overridden but operators like "&" can? Is it a fundamental distinction between operators and keywords? In any case, it sounds like we are indeed stuck with an unfortunate wart on numpy, unless some changes in Python can be made. Maybe for Python3000... The NumPy for Matlab users wiki is misleading in this area; I will try to fix it. Eric Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
