Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adding an ndarray.dot method

On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Pauli Virtanen wrote:

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:12:07 -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: [clip]

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Here is a related ticket that proposes a more explicit alternative: adding a ``dot`` method to ndarray. http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1456

I kind of like this idea. Simple, obvious, and leads to clear code:

a.dot(b).dot(c)

or in another multiplication order,

a.dot(b.dot(c))

And here's an implementation:

http://github.com/pv/numpy-work/commit/414429ce0bb0c4b7e780c4078c5ff71c11305...

I think I'm going to apply this, unless someone complains, as I don't see any downsides (except maybe adding one more to the huge list of methods ndarray already has).

+1 -Travis