2010/2/23 Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com>: > It helps a little, I agree, but not as much as simply changing the > names to something neutral like (a, b) as in the standard library. The > necessity for a backwards compatibility hack imposes additional costs > to making any such change. I don't think those costs are warranted by > the semantic confusion of allowing high < low.
I agree fully. The (a, b) thing is the most elegant. And I also agree that the overhead renders it nearly useless, when one focuses on speed. Sorry for making noise again with an unmature thought. It just came into my mind and looked so cute ... :-( Friedrich _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion