Bill Baxter wrote: > > And mark my words, if we make rand() polymorphic, > > we will get just as many newbies coming to the list asking why > ones(3, 4) > > doesn't work. > > > I think you're probably right there, at least for Matlab converts. > Matlab allows either way of calling for all of rand, ones, zeros, eye, > and in general tries to make *every* function accept *any* possible > combination of arguments that might make sense. So having rand() > accept both, but not the others, will undoubtedly be unexpected to > Matlab users. And the argument against funky overloading will be > weaker since they'll be able to say "well rand() does it? why can't > ones()?" > > Fortunately it's pretty easy to define one's own custom versions of > these little helper functions to make them just the way you like > them. Or for rand(), just "from numpy.random import uniform_sample > as rand" if that's the version you like.
Because of this. I've removed the global_namespace functions (fft, ifft, rand, and randn) from numpy. They are *no longer* in the top-level name-space. If you want them, setup a startup-file appropriately. -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 Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
