[Numpy-discussion] matrix default to column vector?

[Robert Kern]

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 04:44, Olivier Verdier <zelbier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I found the thread you are referring
> to: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-July/081554.html
> However, since A*B*C exists for matrices and actually computes (A*B)*C, why
> not do the same with dot? I.e. why not decide that dot(A,B,C) does what
> would A*B*C do, i.e., dot(dot(A,B),C)?
> The performance and precision problems are the responsability of the user,
> just as with the formula A*B*C.

I'm happy to make the user responsible for performance and precision
problems if he has the tools to handle them. The operator gives the
user the easy ability to decide the precedence with parentheses. The
function does not.

-- 
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."
  -- Umberto Eco