Scott Ransom wrote: >On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:25:23PM -0600, Travis Oliphant wrote: > > >>Robert Kern wrote: >> >> >> >>>Whatever else you do, leave arange() alone. It should never have accepted >>>floats >>>in the first place. >>> >>> >>> >>Actually, Robert makes a good point. arange with floats is >>problematic. We should direct people to linspace instead of changing >>the default of arange. Most new users will probably expect arange to >>return a type similar to Python's range which is int. >> >> >... > > >>So, I think from both a pragmatic and idealized situtation, arange >>should stay with the default of ints. People who want arange to return >>floats should be directed to linspace. >> >> I should have worded this as:
"People who want arange to return floats *as a default* should be directed to linspace" So, basically, arange is not going to change. Because of this, shifting over was a cinch. I still need to write the convert-script code that inserts dtype=int in routines that use old defaults: *plea* anybody want to write that?? -Travis 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
