I'd say the most compelling case for it is that is how it has always worked. How much code will break if we make that change? (Or if not break, at least have a change in dtype?) Is that worth it?
Eric On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Alan Isaac <alan.is...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/24/2016 1:19 PM, Stephan Hoyer wrote: > >> the int ** 2 example feels quite compelling to me >> > > > Yes, but that one case is trivial: a*a > > And at least as compelling is not have a**-2 fail > and not being tricked by say np.arange(10)**10. > The latter is a promise of hidden errors. > > Alan > > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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