Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-10-01 Thread Robert Kern
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Ondřej Čertík ondrej.cer...@gmail.com wrote: I see, that makes sense. So to remember this, the rule is: Specify elements that you want to get masked using True in 'mask'. Yes. This convention dates back at least to the original MA package in Numeric; I don't

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-10-01 Thread Ondřej Čertík
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Robert Kern robert.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Ondřej Čertík ondrej.cer...@gmail.com wrote: I see, that makes sense. So to remember this, the rule is: Specify elements that you want to get masked using True in 'mask'. Yes. This

[Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-09-30 Thread Ondřej Čertík
Hi, What is the rationale for using False in 'mask' for elements that should be included? http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/maskedarray.generic.html As opposed to using True for elements that should be included, which is what I was intuitively expecting when I started using the masked

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-09-30 Thread Charles R Harris
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Ondřej Čertík ondrej.cer...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, What is the rationale for using False in 'mask' for elements that should be included? http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/maskedarray.generic.html As opposed to using True for elements that should be

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-09-30 Thread josef . pktd
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Ondřej Čertík ondrej.cer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, What is the rationale for using False in 'mask' for elements that should be included?

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-09-30 Thread Eric Firing
On 2013/09/30 4:05 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Ondřej Čertík ondrej.cer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, What is the rationale for using False in 'mask' for elements that

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-09-30 Thread Ondřej Čertík
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Eric Firing efir...@hawaii.edu wrote: On 2013/09/30 4:05 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Ondřej Čertík ondrej.cer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Masked arrays: Rationale for False convention

2013-09-30 Thread Eric Firing
On 2013/09/30 4:57 PM, Ondřej Čertík wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Eric Firing efir...@hawaii.edu wrote: On 2013/09/30 4:05 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Ondřej