[MATRIX-SIG] FancyArray

[Konrad Hinsen]

> Yes, but I'd still argue that the natural thing to get back is a copy of
> the same type as what you put in. Reshaping a UserArray should really
> return a UserArray.

Sure. But what about more complicated situations? What
should add(a, b) return if a and b are instances of different subclasses
of UserArray?

> The way to deal with this is to shadow the functions from multiarray with
> python functions in order to "add extra intelligence to the basic C
> functions" (from Numeric.py). In order to fix reshape, for instance,  one

Which adds overhead to every function call. It would be better to
implement a good strategy right in the C code - but first there must
be a good strategy.

Konrad.
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