On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Matthew Brett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Bruce Southey <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 07/08/2011 08:58 AM, Matthew Brett wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just checking - but is this: >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Bruce Southey<[email protected]> wrote: >>> ... >>>> The one thing that we do need now is the code that implements the small >>>> set of core ideas (array creation and simple numerical operations). >>>> Hopefully that will provide a better grasp of the concepts and the >>>> performance differences to determine the acceptability of the approach(es). >>> in reference to this: >>> >>>> On 07/08/2011 07:15 AM, Matthew Brett wrote: >>> ... >>>>> Can I ask - what do you recommend that we do now, for the discussion? >>>>> Should we be quiet and wait until there is code to test, or, as >>>>> Nathaniel has tried to do, work at reaching some compromise that makes >>>>> sense to some or all parties? >>> ? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Matthew >> Simply, I think the time for discussion has passed and it is now time to >> see the 'cards'. I do not know enough (or anything) about the >> implementation so I need code to know the actual 'cost' of Mark's idea >> with real situations. > > Yes, I thought that was what you were saying. > > I disagree and think that discussion of the type that Nathaniel has > started is a useful way to think more clearly and specifically about > the API and what can be agreed. > > Otherwise we will come to the same impasse when Mark's code arrives. > If that happens, we'll either lose the code because the merge is > refused, or be forced into something that may not be the best way > forward. > > Best, > > Matthew > _______________________________________________
Unfortunately we need code from either side as an API etc. is not sufficient to judge anything. But I do not think we will be forced into anything as in the extreme situation you can keep old versions or fork the code in the really extreme case. Bruce _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
