[Numpy-discussion] Copy/View data point

[Alexander Schmolck]

Bernard Frankpitt <frankpit at erols.com> writes:

> My preference would be
> 
> Copy semantics for  a=b
> View semantics for  a=b.view (or some other explicit syntax)


Although I have been arguing for copy semantics for a=b[c:d], what you want is
not really possible (a=b creates and always will create an alias in python --
and this is really a good design decision; just compare it to other languages
that do different things depending on what you are assigning).

alex


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