On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Keith Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> np.isscalar('string')
> True
<shrug> Either option would cause someone to complain. It's not a
cut-and-dry issue. However, since strings can be atomic elements
through the various '|S<N>' dtypes, and we already have rules to
special-case strings as atomic, "numpy.isscalar('string') == False"
would be more inconsistent.
In [1]: from numpy import *
In [2]: array(['one', 'two'])
Out[2]:
array(['one', 'two'],
dtype='|S3')
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"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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