[MATRIX-SIG] A proposal (LONG) - "reverse of take" revisited

[Konrad Hinsen]

> of indexing.  I didn't know that
> 
>   ar[ array([1,2]) ]
> 
> would work.  Since it does (without copying anything)

It does? Now I am a bit surprised...

> Where are the details of all the functionality of Numeric
> set out?  I have to say that it's a shame there isn't

In the code!  ;-)

> better documentation that I can find.  Sorry if I missed it

I agree, but until someone volunteers to do a better documentation,
we'll have to live with it. I learned much by experimentation, but
of course I use NumPy in almost everything I do...

> In particular things that aren't immediately obvious to
> me are the reference vs. copy semantics, how indexing/slicing
> works exactly, probably more I haven't run into yet.

Yes, that should be addressed in a tutorial!

> note: fancy indexing is fine if you experts think it
>   would be a Good Thing, but remember that Guido
>   does not change the syntax lightly, for good reason.

There will be no need to change the syntax!

Konrad.
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