Re: [Numpy-discussion] Does a `mergesorted` function make sense?

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Does a `mergesorted` function make sense?

On 02/09/2014 8:40 PM, Charles R Harris wrote:

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Eelco Hoogendoorn <hoogendoorn.eelco@gmail.com mailto:hoogendoorn.eelco@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Charles R Harris
<charlesr.harris@gmail.com <mailto:charlesr.harris@gmail.com>> wrote:




    On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Eelco Hoogendoorn
    <hoogendoorn.eelco@gmail.com
    <mailto:hoogendoorn.eelco@gmail.com>> wrote:

        Sure, id like to do the hashing things out, but I would
        also like some preliminary feedback as to whether this is
        going in a direction anyone else sees the point of, if it
        conflicts with other plans, and indeed if we can agree
        that numpy is the right place for it; a point which I
        would very much like to defend. If there is some obvious
        no-go that im missing, I can do without the drudgery of
        writing proper documentation ;).

These are good issues, that need to be discussed and resolved. Python has the benefit of having a BDFL. Numpy has no similar arrangement. In the post-numarray period, Travis Oliphant took that role and advanced the package in many ways.

It seems that Travis is no longer available. There is a need for someone, or maybe some group of three, who would be guided by the sort of thinking Charles Harris sets out above, who would make the final decision.

Colin W.