[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Time for recap?

[Hinsen Konrad]

   I just meant to end the debate about whether a*b should mean matrix
   multiplication in the LA sense or elementwise multiplication like
   APL/J.  This only an issue for * and /.  For / most people agree that
   ...

OK, on that I agree, of course. I thought you were referring to
functions like matrix inversion.

   I don't see much of a problem with that.  Functions/methods that take
   an array and return a like-shaped array should always copy their
   argument before modifying it.  Methods that are supposed to modify an
   array in place should not also return a reference to the array.

That seems a good way to make the distinction clear.

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