[Numpy-discussion] dtype=None as default for np.genfromtxt ?
Pierre GM
pgmdevlist at gmail.com
Sun Feb 14 07:54:57 EST 2010
On Feb 14, 2010, at 7:47 AM, Neil Crighton wrote:
> Pierre GM <pgmdevlist <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> It has been suggested (ticket #1262) to change the default dtype=float to
> dtype=None in np.genfromtxt.
>> Any thoughts ?
>>
>
> I agree dtype=None should be default for the reasons given in the ticket.
>
> How do we handle the backwards-incompatible change? A warning in the next
> release, then change it in the following release?
This backwards-incompatibility bugs me. Why don't we set dtype=None as the default for ndfromtxt & mafromtxt and tell people to use these functions instead (I'm pretty sure nobody knew they existed, so we can break them without upsetting anyone)(of course, there's gonna be a counterexample as soon as I post that).
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