-1 on the 'arr' name. I think if we're going to support this function at all (which I'm not convinced is a good idea), it should be np.fromsomething like the other from* functions.
Maybe frommatlab? I think that 'arr' is just too generic and too close to 'array'. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:55 AM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Alexander Belopolsky <ndar...@mac.com> > wrote: > >> Also, the use of strings will confuse most syntax highlighters. Compare >> the two options in this screenshot: >> >> [image: Inline image 2] >> > > I guess this is a minor issue for "real" code, but even IPython doesn't > (yet?) provide syntax highlighting for lines as they're typed, and this is > a tool intended mainly for interactive use. > > That screenshot also I think illustrates why people have such a preference > for the first syntax. The second line looks nice, but try typing it quickly > and getting all the commas located correctly inside versus outside of each > of the triply-nested brackets... > > No-one's come up with any names for this that are nearly as good as "arr". > Is it really that bad to have to type one extra character, np.array instead > of np.arr<tab>? > > -n > > -- > Nathaniel J. Smith > Postdoctoral researcher - Informatics - University of Edinburgh > http://vorpus.org > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > >
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