On Wed, 02 Aug 2006, Sebastian Haase apparently wrote: > Recently someone (Torgil Svensson) here suggested to unify > the default argument between a method and a function > - I think the discussion was about numpy.var and it's > "axis" argument. I would be a clear +1 on unifying these > and have a clean design of numpy. Consequently the old way > of different defaults should be absorbed by the oldnumeric > sub module.
+1 I think this consistency is *really* important for the easy acceptance of numpy by new users. (For a user's perspective, I also think is is just good design.) I expect many new users to be "burned" by this inconsistency. However, as an intermediate run (say 1 year) transition measure to the consistent use, I would be comfortable with the numpy functions requiring an axis argument. One user's view, Alan Isaac ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
