[Numpy-discussion] Time for beta1 of NumPy 1.0 (original) (raw)

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Fri Jun 30 12:53:02 EDT 2006

Tim Hochberg wrote:

Regarding choice of float or int for default:

The number one priority for numpy should be to unify the three disparate Python numeric packages. Whatever choice of defaults facilitates that is what I support.

+10

Personally, given no other constraints, I would probably just get rid of the defaults all together and make the user choose.

My preferred solution is to add class methods to the scalar types rather than screw up compatibility.

In [1]: float64.ones(10)

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