On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:36, Rob Speer <rsp...@mit.edu> wrote: >> But the utility of named indices is not so clear >> to me. As I understand it, these new arrays will still only be >> able to have a single type of data (one of float, str, int and so >> on). This seems to be pretty limiting.
Having ticks on *every* axis is the primary feature there. > This just shows that people use NumPy for lots of different things. I > myself have never understood what record arrays are for -- what's the > advantage of using NumPy if your data isn't made of numbers? Usually, record arrays *are* composed of numbers. Just heterogeneous kinds of numbers. -- 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://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
