Hello all.

I believe that over the years there were multiple proposals to replace the linspace formula start + n *(stop - start) / (npoints - 1) with a * start + b * end with a, b linearly spaced between 0 and 1 with npoints. Concretely, a = n / (npoints - 1), b = 1 - a. Here, 0 <= n < npoints.

I believe this would fix the issue here among many others. However, it was always rejected due to backward-incompatibility concerns. Perhaps it’s time to revisit this issue.