On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:07:29 +0200, Gael Varoquaux wrote:

On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 10:33:29AM -0000, mark wrote:

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Does that make sense? I know, I should probably use a.min() rather than min(a), but why does min() not get imported on an import * ?

Because min isn't in numpy.__all__. Python imports only identifiers listed in __all__ if __all__ is present.

The rationale behind this is to prevent you from overwriting the built-in max function. Sooner or later that would cause trouble. Use import numpy as N N.max(...) or, as you said, import max explicitly. Cheers Stéfan

Thanks guys. I personally like the amin, amax idea best. But that is just me, Mark

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or, as you said, import max explicitly.

Or use numpy.amin and numpy.amax, which are included in numpy.__all__, just as you use numpy.arange in place of range.

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