Huh, looks like it has different names in different places. `help(functools.reduce)` shows "initial".
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 02:57 Hameer Abbasi <einstein.edi...@gmail.com> wrote: > It calls it `initializer` - See > https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/functools.html#functools.reduce > > > Sent from Astro <https://www.helloastro.com> for Mac > > On Mar 26, 2018 at 09:54, Eric Wieser <wieser.eric+nu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It turns out I mispoke - functools.reduce calls the argument `initial` > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 at 00:17 Stephan Hoyer <sho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This looks like a very logical addition to the reduce interface. It has >> my support! >> >> I would have preferred the more descriptive name "initial_value", but >> consistency with functools.reduce makes a compelling case for "initializer". >> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 1:15 PM Eric Wieser <wieser.eric+nu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> To reiterate my comments in the issue - I'm in favor of this. >>> >>> It seems seem especially valuable for identity-less functions (`min`, >>> `max`, `lcm`), and the argument name is consistent with `functools.reduce`. >>> too. >>> >>> The only argument I can see against merging this would be `kwarg`-creep >>> of `reduce`, and I think this has enough use cases to justify that. >>> >>> I'd like to merge in a few days, if no one else has any opinions. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 at 10:13 Hameer Abbasi <einstein.edi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, everyone. I’ve submitted a PR to add a initializer kwarg to >>>> ufunc.reduce. This is useful in a few cases, e.g., it allows one to supply >>>> a “default” value for identity-less ufunc reductions, and specify an >>>> initial value for reductions such as sum (other than zero.) >>>> >>>> Please feel free to review or leave feedback, (although I think Eric >>>> and Marten have picked it apart pretty well). >>>> >>>> https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/10635 >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Hameer >>>> Sent from Astro <https://www.helloastro.com> for Mac >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >>>> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >>> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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