[Numpy-discussion] Get rid of special scalar arithmetic

Hi All, I've opened issue #7002 , reproduced below, for discussion. > Numpy umath has a file scalarmath.c.src that implements scalar arithmetic > using special functions that are about 10x faster than the equivalent > ufuncs. > > In [1]: a =

[Numpy-discussion] 1.11 branch this weekend

Hi All, Just a heads up. Note that we are trying to move to a faster release cycle and that changes the flavor of the releases. Instead of a list of goals to meet before each release, releases will more resemble snapshots of master at branch time. The main thing is that they be regression and bug