[Numpy-discussion] Default dtype of genfromtxt

2014-02-18 Thread Charles R Harris
This is apropos issue #1860 https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/1860, where it is proposed that the default dtype of genfromtxt should be None rather than float. A decision is needed. Thoughts? Chuck ___ NumPy-Discussion mailing list

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Default dtype of genfromtxt

2014-02-18 Thread Benjamin Root
I can certainly see the advantage of switching over to None. It makes a lot of sense. One thing that concerns me, though is a file full of whole number values. Would that get interpreted as integers? If so, then that affect needs to be aligned with some other proposed changes with respect to