[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Just checking in
Sean Mcsweeney
sean@embl-grenoble.fr
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 18:16:39 +0200
Konrad Hinsen writes:
> > If you have any opinions on the whole naming conventions/default axis issue
> > that has been recently discussed I'd like to hear them. I still haven't
> > found a proposal that I like better than my current version:
> >
> > All default axes are 0
> > Functions like fft, sort, argmax, ... should generally be called with an
> > explicit axis specification of -1. ie. fft(wave, axis=-1). This explicit
> > axis specification is only necessary when working on 2 or more dimensional
> > arrays.
>
> I still think that a two-class system (structural functions with a
> default axis of zero, others with a default of 1) is the better
> solution.
>
My solution would be to let the function determin the default axis -- if
the functions natural usage is axis=0, then this should be the
default, or otherwise as appropriate.
by natural I mean if 99 times out of 100 I will use
super_whizzo(A,B,C, axis=0)
I don't see why I should type the axis =0 part just because its
**possible** I may want axis=-1 , the one other time. and/or some default has
specified that this is an axis=-1 function.
Of course the implementation would document the functionality rather
better than the above ;-)
S
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