[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] RubberIndex

Konrad HINSEN hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca
Tue, 13 Feb 1996 15:22:43 -0500


   In fact, I would prefer to eliminate a[0] in preference of a[0,...].
   I do not like the fact that an error is not generated if I use to few
   indexes.  For example, suppose 'a' has shape (2,4,5,6).  I want the

You certainly have a point, but it also makes sense to keep
the usability of arrays as sequence objects. For example, you
can now iterate over the first axis of an array with
   for x in array([[1,2],[3,4]]): print x*x
Also, most array functions accept nested lists as well as arrays.
I'd like to keep this analogy as far as possible.

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