On Jul 16, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, "David M. Cooke" apparently wrote: >> 'inverse' is not much longer than 'inv', and is more descriptive > > But 'inv' is quite universal (can you name a matrix language > that uses 'inverse' instead?) and I think unambiguous (what > might it be confused with?).
IDL uses invert, so inv is not exactly universal. I'm personally a fan of names that can be used in interactive sessions at the command line, which argues for shorter names. But it is nice to have names where you can type just a few characters and use tab-completion to fill in the rest of the name. Then the important thing is not the full length of the name but having the first 3 or 4 characters be memorable. So I'd rather have "pseudoinverse" because I can probably find it by just typing "ps<tab>". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
