28 Apr
2010
28 Apr
'10
11:30 a.m.
On 4/28/2010 12:08 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:
it would be good to deprecate the matrix class from NumPy
Please let us not have this discussion all over again.
The matrix class is very useful for teaching. In economics for example, the use of matrix algebra is widespread, while algebra with arrays that are not matrices is very rare. I can (and do) use NumPy matrices even in undergraduate courses.
If you do not like them, do not use them.
If you want `matrix` replaced with a better matrix object, offer a replacement for community consideration.
Thank you, Alan Isaac
PS There is one change I would not mind: let A * M be undefined if A is an ndarray and M is a NumPy matrix.