[Numpy-discussion] Going toward time-based release ?

Eric Firing efiring at hawaii.edu
Mon May 12 18:52:42 EDT 2008


Anne Archibald wrote:
> 2008/5/12 Jarrod Millman <millman at berkeley.edu>:
>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>>>  As one who pushed for the MA transition, I appreciate your suggestion.
>>>  It may have one unintended consequence, however, that may cause more
>>>  trouble than it saves: it may lead to more situations where the ma
>>>  versions are unintentionally mixed.  This will probably work if an
>>>  old_ma array ends up as input for a new_ma function, but the reverse
>>>  often will not work correctly.
>> Good point.  I now agree that it is best to avoid having the old code
>> accessible via np.core.ma.  If the old code is only accessible via
>> np.oldnumeric, then I don't see any reason to add a deprecation
>> warning since it is kind of implied by placing it in np.oldnumeric.
> 
> Does it make sense to make the *new* code available in numpy.core.ma,
> optionally with a DeprecationWarning? I realize it was supposedly
> never advertised as being there, but given the state of numpy
> documentation many users will have found it there; at the least
> matplotlib did.

If it can be done cleanly with a DeprecationWarning, then I don't see 
any problem offhand.

Eric

> 
> Anne



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