[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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