[Numpy-discussion] min/max not exported in "from numpy import *" (original) (raw)

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Thu Jun 29 11:09:40 EDT 2006


Zhang>   I'm using 0.9.8 and find numpy.ndarray.min() is not exported to
Zhang> global space when doing a
Zhang>   from numpy import *

I'm going to take a wild-ass guess and suggest that was a concious decision by the authors. Shadowing builtins is generally a no-no. You just need to be explicit instead of implicit:

from numpy import min, max

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