Re: [Numpy-discussion] Re: dtype: hashing and cmp

28 May 2006


      Simon Burton wrote:
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On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:36:47 -0600
Travis Oliphant  wrote:
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Simon Burton wrote:
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On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:33:37 -0500
Robert Kern  wrote:
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if array.dtype == numpy.Int32: ...
numpy.int32
No that doesn't work.
Yeah, the "canonical" types (e.g. int32, float64, etc) are actually 
scalar objects.  The type objects themselves are dtype(int32).  I don't 
think they are currently listed anywhere in Python (except there is one 
for every canonical scalar object).
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Can we promote the numarray names: Int32 etc. to their dtype equivalents ?
Perhaps.  There is the concern that it might break Numeric 
compatibility, though.

-Travis