Hi all, New to the mailing list, so I hope I'm creating a discussion in the right place.
Am I the only one that thinks that Advanced indexing in numpy doesn't follow the principle of minimum astonishment? for example ```python a = np.random.rand(100, 100) a[(2,4)] #this yields the element at [2,4] a[[2,4]] #this yields the rows at position 2 and 4 a[1, (2,4)] #this yields the 2nd and 4th elements of row 1. (So actually does advanced indexing) a[1, [2,4]] # Works the same way as the previous one. ``` Worst of all, it's very easy for someone do a mistake and not notice it: it seems to me that the first method, a[(2,4)], should not be allowed, and instead only a[*(2,4)] should work. How checked how it works in Julia (which has a similar syntax), and a[(2,4)] would yield an error, which makes sense to me. Could it be an idea to deprecate a[(2,4)]-like usages? _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list -- numpy-discussion@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to numpy-discussion-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/numpy-discussion.python.org/ Member address: arch...@mail-archive.com
