Re: [Numpy-discussion] users point of view and ufuncs

On 8/24/06, Bill Baxter <wbaxter@gmail.com> wrote:

[snip] it would be nice to add a concise definition of "ufunc" to the numpy glossary: http://www.scipy.org/Numpy_Glossary.

done

Can anyone come up with such a definition?

I copied the definition from the old Numeric manual.

Here's my stab at it:

ufunc: A function that operates element-wise on arrays.

This is not entirely correct. Ufuncs operate on anything that can be passed to asarray: arrays, python lists, tuples or scalars.