[Numpy-discussion] Time for beta1 of NumPy 1.0

[Travis Oliphant]

Scott Ransom wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:25:23PM -0600, Travis Oliphant wrote:
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>>Robert Kern wrote:
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>>>Whatever else you do, leave arange() alone. It should never have accepted floats 
>>>in the first place.
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>>Actually, Robert makes a good point.  arange with floats is 
>>problematic.   We should direct people to linspace instead of changing 
>>the default of arange.  Most new users will probably expect arange to 
>>return a type similar to Python's range which is int.
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>>So, I think from both a pragmatic and idealized situtation, arange 
>>should stay with the default of ints.   People who want arange to return 
>>floats should be directed to linspace.
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I should have worded this as:

"People who want arange to return floats *as a default* should be 
directed to linspace"

So, basically, arange is not going to change. 

Because of this, shifting over was a cinch.   I still need to write the 
convert-script code that inserts dtype=int
in routines that use old defaults:  *plea* anybody want to write that??

-Travis