[Numpy-discussion] fromfile() for reading text (one more time!)

[Christopher Barker]

josef.pktd at gmail.com wrote:
>>> +1   (much preferrable to insert NaN or other user value than raise
>>> ValueError in my opinion)

>> But raise an error for integer types?
>>
>> I guess this is still up the air -- no consensus yet.
> 
> raise an exception, I hate the silent cast of nan to integer zero,

me too -- I'm sorry, I wasn't clear -- I'm not going to write any code 
that returns a zero for a missing value. These are the options I'd consider:

1) Have the user specify what to use for missing values, otherwise, 
raise an exception

2) Insert a NaN for floating points types, and raise an exception for 
integer types.

what's not clear is whether (2) is a good idea. As for (1), I just don't 
know if I'm going to get around to writing the code, and I maybe more 
kwargs is a bad idea -- though maybe not.

Enough talk: I've got ugly C code to wade through...

-Chris


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