[Python-Dev] Product function patch [issue 1093] (original) (raw)

Steven H. Rogers steve at shrogers.com
Wed Sep 5 03:39:42 CEST 2007

Guido van Rossum wrote:

I still don't see why the standard library needs to be weighed down with a competitor to numpy. Including a subset of numpy was considered in the past, but it's hard to decide on the right subset. In the end it was decided that numpy is too big to become a standard library. Given all the gyrations it has gone through I definitely believe this was the right decision. A competitor to NumPy would be counter-productive, but including a core subset in the standard library that NumPy could be built upon would add valuable functionality to Python out of the box. It was probably the best decision to not include NumPy when it was previously considered, but I think it should be reconsidered for Python 3.x. While defining the right subset to include has it's difficulties, I believe it can be done. What would be a reasonable target size for inclusion in the standard library?

Steve

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