On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Jarrod Millman apparently wrote:
> However, when our current API is "broken" we should be
> open to the possibility that in may need to be fixed.
> Functions with anomalous interfaces seem like a good
> example of candidates that would be worth modifying.
> However, we need to consider whether the code is so widely
> used that modifying it would unacceptable.
What about objects with anomalous interfaces? E.g.,::
>>> import numpy as np
>>> x = np.mat('1 2;3 4')
>>> x[0][0]
matrix([[1, 2]])
>>>
Fixing this has been under discussion for the 1.1 release
for some time now. To my recollection, no users of matrices
objected, and the abstract objections from non-users
subsided. It would be very disappointing for the
possibility of fixing this to go away. The fix appears to
be a very small change in __getitem__:
<URL:http://www.mail-archive.com/numpy-discussion@scipy.org/msg07363.html>
Cheers,
Alan Isaac
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