On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Lars G. <lagru@mailbox.org> wrote:
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> Is there a reason not to include those function where they'll most
> likely be used? Meaning the images `ascent` and `face` could move to
> `scipy.ndimage` and the signal `electrocardiogram` to `scipy.signal`?

It would make them harder to discover, at least for me.

On the developer side, if everything is in one subpackage, it would be easier to keep track how many bytes are being consumed by data. The scipy.datasets namespace would be a good place to put any common data-loading code (for instance, if we start adding large datasets that will be downloaded upon first use rather than being distributed in the scipy wheel).

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Robert Kern