[Numpy-discussion] Re: Fwd: Re: inconsistent use of axis= keyword argument?

[Alan G Isaac]

> Robert Kern wrote: 
>> It's possible to add some aliases, sure. No, we're not going to do it. There are 
>> already too many different names for the same thing in numpy because of 
>> backwards compatibility. We should not exacerbate the problem. 

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, "Colin J. Williams" apparently wrote: 
> Could these be put into a separate modules and only 
> included when Numeric compatibility is desired? 
> This would help to reduce the clutter. 


Beyond this?

Cheers,
Alan Isaac

>>> help(numpy.core.oldnumeric)
Help on module numpy.core.oldnumeric in numpy.core:

NAME
    numpy.core.oldnumeric - # Compatibility module containing deprecated names

FILE
    c:\python24\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\oldnumeric.py