On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 18:10, Sebastian Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Bob Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [ I'm new here and this has the feel of an FAQ but I couldn't find >> anything at http://www.scipy.org/FAQ . If I should have looked >> somewhere else a URL would be gratefully received. ] >> >> >> What's the reasoning behind functions like sum() and cumsum() being >> provided both as module functions (numpy.sum(data, axis=1)) and as >> object methods (data.sum(axis=1)) but other functions - and I stumbled >> over diff() - only being provided as module functions? >> >> > Hi Bob, > this is a very good question. > I think the answers are > a) historical reasons AND, more importantly, differing personal preferences > b) I would file the missing data.diff() as a bug.
It's not. -- Robert Kern "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 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
