[Matrix-SIG] Zeros

Emmanuel Viennet emmanuel.viennet@lipn.univ-paris13.fr
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:17:35 +0100


Paul wrote:
> I question seriously whether Numerical should have any support for
> non-numeric types, actually. It causes serious complications for very little
> real gain. There is an array object in the core that might suit your needs.
> 

 But one could use multi-dimensional NumPy Object arrays just
to take advantage of the sophisticated indexing methods (like ...)
which are not available on standard lists.
 I know that the Objet typecode is currently poorly supported
in NumPy, but it may make sense to use it.

Emmanuel