+1 float default (or double)
--bb
On 6/30/06, Tim Leslie <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/30/06, Keith Goodman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/29/06, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A rather minor issue, but I would just like to make sure
> > that a policy decision was made not to move to a float
> > default for identity(), ones(), zeros(), and empty().
> > (I leave aside arange().)
> >
> > I see the argument for a change to be 3-fold:
> > 1. It is easier to introduce people to numpy if
> > default data types are all float. (I teach,
> > and I want my students to use numpy.)
> > 2. It is a better match to languages from which
> > users are likely to migrate ( e.g., GAUSS or
> > Matlab).
> > 3. In the uses I am most familiar with, float is
> > the most frequently desired data type. (I guess
> > this may be field specific, especially for empty().)
>
> I vote float.
+1 float
Tim
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