On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 07:56:28PM +0200, Olivier Grisel wrote: > > Then you'd have pdf, logpdf, cdf, logcdf, sf, rvs (not wild about this > > one, and I think we use sample in places), etc.
> I am not found of acronyms, especially when there not common at all > such as `rvs`. I think RVS stands for Random Variable Samples but it's > documented nowhere in the SciPy documentation. `sample` is a much more > descriptive and intuitive method name (explicit is better that > implicit. > pdf, logpdf, cdf, logcdf are OK-ish names as those acronyms are very > common. But `density`, `log_density`, `cumulative_density` and > `log_cumulative_density` are even more explicit hence user-friendly > IMHO. +1. Scipy is not always the perfect model as far as API goes. G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Scikit-learn-general mailing list Scikit-learn-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general
