I would have to say that I agree with Robert. We (STScI) are about to force all of our users to install numpy. For some of them that can be a lot to ask. I don't also want to add the extra complication of upgrading their Python version as well.
My feeling is that not everyone has made the jump to numpy yet. I think we should keep it as painless a process as possible. Just my two cents. Chris Robert Kern wrote: > Nadav Horesh wrote: >> The question should be: Are there members who rely on python 2.3 > > Numeric and numpy's user base has always been much more extensive than the > list > membership. I don't think that the question can be reformulated that way. > > I think we still do need to support Python 2.3. Being able to use the builtin > set() rather than set.Set() is not a compelling use case. Libraries that are > as > fundamental as numpy is trying to be should try to maintain compatibility with > the oldest versions of Python that are feasible. > _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
