On 30/06/2006, at 10:11 PM, Travis Oliphant wrote: > 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??
Hmm ... couldn't we make the transition easier and more robust by writing compatibility interfaces for zeros, ones, empty, called e.g. intzeros, intones, intempty? These functions could of course live in oldnumeric.py. Then we can get convertcode.py to do a simple search and replace -- and, more importantly, it's easy for users to do the same manually should they choose not to use convertcode.py. I could work on this this weekend. I'm pleased we're changing the defaults to float. The combination of the int defaults and silent downcasting with in-place operators trips me up once every few months when I forget to specify dtype=float explicitly. Another wart gone from NumPy! I'm surprised and impressed that the community's willing to make this change after 10+ years with int defaults. I think it's a small but important improvement in usability. -- Ed 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 Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
