Hi list, On 8/6/07, Michael SCHINDLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I do know that there are scipy users on that list. You're not > > alone ... :-)
I rarely use scipy but I do use PyX a lot with numpy arrays, which seems to be what is really being discussed, so maybe I am qualified to comment. > > > > Rather than renaming the old 'list' class you could add the above class > > > as something like a 'vector' or 'array' class. > > > Hmmm. Ok, both could be done. Still, even after a few days, I still > > very much like the idea of using lists and points as the new names. > > It would be nice to get some feedback from others (users and > > developers ... :-) ). > > +1 for renaming the data into "points": I always have to look up how > the current "list" is to be created. In most cases, I use a "zip(a, > b)" for that, meaning that the new "lists" will make it more easy for > me. > I would also favour remaning the current "list" as "points". For the new class, I would be happy with either "lists" or "vectors", but not with any of the other suggestions. > I suggest, however, to use "coordinates" or "values" instead of > "lists", as all names such as "array", "vector", "list", "lists" do > not specify what is stored and thus do not indicate the logics of its > use. > No, I think this is wrong. To me "values" is too vague and "coordinates" implies a list of (x, y) pairs - think about the meaning of "co" in "coordinate". This is the opposite of what the new class provides, which is a pair of lists, not a list of pairs. That is why I favour "lists" or "vectors". The only problem with "vectors" is that there is a potential ambiguity between "vector" in the numpy sense (a 1-dimensional array of values) and "vector" in the geometry sense, which might be confusing for some users. Cheers Will -- Dr William Henney, Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ PyX-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pyx-user
