[Numpy-discussion] Are masked arrays slower for processing than ndarrays?

[Pierre GM]

On May 13, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Matt Knox wrote:
>
> hmm. While this doesn't affect me personally... I wonder if everyone  
> is aware of
> this. Importing modules generally shouldn't have side effects either  
> I would
> think. Has this always been the case for the masked array module?

Well, can't remember, actually... I was indeed surprised to see it was  
there. I guess I must have added when working on the power section. I  
will get of rid on the next commit, this is clearly bad practice from  
my part. Bad, bad Pierre.