On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 06:21:49PM -0600, Travis Oliphant wrote: > I'm wondering about whether or not some additional effort should be > placed in numpy.oldnumeric so that replacing Numeric with > numpy.oldnumeric actually gives no compatibility issues (i.e. the only > thing you have to change is replace imports with new names). In > other words a simple array sub-class could be created that mimics the > old Numeric array and the old functions could be created as well with > the same arguments. > > The very same thing could be done with numarray. This would make > conversion almost trivial. > > Then, the convertcode script could be improved to make all the changes > that would take a oldnumeric-based module to a more modern numpy-based > module. A similar numarray script could be developed as well. > > What do people think? Is it worth it? This could be a coding-sprint > effort at SciPy.
This sounds like a very good idea to me. I hope that those of us who cannot attend SciPy 2006 can still take part in the coding sprints, be it via IRC or some other communications media. Cheers Stéfan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
