[Numpy-discussion] Maturing the Matrix class in NumPy

[Robert Kern]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 16:24, Chris Colbert <sccolbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about just introducing a slightly different syntax which tells numpy to
> handle the array like a matrix:
>
> Some thing along the lines of this:
>
> A = array[[..]]
> B = array[[..]]
>
> elementwise multipication (as it currently is):
>
> C = A * B
>
> matrix multiplication:
>
> C = {A} * {B}
>
> or
>
> C = [A] * [B]
>
> or any other brace we decide on
>
> Essentially, the brace tells numpy to handle the array objects like
> matrices, but with no need for a specific matrix type.

We don't control the Python language. We cannot make these kinds of
changes to the syntax.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
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