[Python-Dev] bytes type discussion (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 10:01:21 CET 2006

Bob Ippolito wrote:

On Feb 14, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

(Why would you even think about views here? They are evil.) I mention views because that's what numpy/Numeric/numarray/etc. do... It's certainly convenient at times to have that functionality, for example, to work with only the alpha channel in an RGBA image. Probably too magical for the bytes type.

The key difference between numpy arrays and normal sequences is that the length of a sequence can change, but the shape of a numpy array is essentially fixed.

So view behaviour can be reserved for a dimensioned array type (if the numpy folks ever find the time to finish writing their PEP. . .)

Cheers, Nick.

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