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On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:16:12 -0800, Stephan Hoyer wrote:
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 10:32 AM Marten van Kerkwijk < m.h.vankerkwijk@gmail.com> wrote:
For `__array_function__`, there was some discussion in https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12225 that for 1.16 we might want to follow after all Nathaniel's suggestion of using an environment variable or so to opt in (since introspection breaks on python2 with our wrapped implementations). Given also the possibly significant hit in performance, this may be the best option. All the best,
I am also leaning towards this right now, depending on how long we plan to wait for releasing 1.16. It will take us at least a little while to sort out performance issues for __array_function__, I'd guess at least a few weeks. Then a blocker still might turn up during the release candidate process (though I think we've found most of the major bugs / downstream issues already through tests on NumPy's dev branch).
Just to make sure I understand correctly: the suggestion is to use an environment variable to temporarily toggle the feature, but the plan in the long run will be to have it enabled all the time, correct? Stéfan