[Numpy-discussion] __iadd__(ndarray<int>, ndarray<float>)

[Andreas Klöckner]

On Dienstag 25 März 2008, Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
> > Question: If it's a known trap, why not change it?
>
> It also has useful applications.  Also, it can only happen at with a
> bump in version number to 1.1

I'm not trying to make the functionality go away. I'm arguing that

int_array += downcast_ok(float_array)

should be the syntax for it. downcast_ok could be a view of float_array's data 
with an extra flag set, or a subclass.

Andreas
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