On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 07:58, David Cournapeau <[email protected]> wrote:
> What would be the need for a 0 item array ? If the point is to append > some data without knowing in advance the size, a list is most likely > more adapted to the task. An array which cannot be indexed does not > sound that useful, but I may just lack some imagination :) It's an edge case (literally) that can pop up when you are doing slicing on larger arrays. 0-item arrays do fit in numpy's memory model, so specifically disallowing them would mean gratuitously requiring try: excepts: in code that would otherwise be generic. -- 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 [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
