Feb. 13, 2008
8:13 a.m.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 09:09:11PM +0000, Matthew Brett wrote:
Suggestion 1: def median(a, axis=0, out=None) [...] Suggestion 2: def median(a, axis=0, scratch_input=False)
No reason not to combine the two. It's a pretty straightforward modification to do the sorting in place, and it could make a lot more difference to the runtime (and memory usage) than an output array.
Yes, true. I'll include it unless anyone pipes up to object.
Scratch_input is not clear at all for me. I would suggest "inplace" rather. Gaël