[Numpy-discussion] Ticket #1455, the bias keyword.

[Pierre GM]

On Jun 19, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Charles R Harris wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I'm looking at ticket #1455. At the moment I've added the ddof keyword to cov and corrcoef and set it up so that it overrides the bias keyword when ddof is something other than its current default of None. The question is, should I deprecate the bias keyword and in some later release change ddof to default to the usual 0?
> 
> Pierre, If we make this change the functions (and tests) in ma will be affected. Do you want me to take care of the updates?

Yes please, if you don't mind. I'm currently losing my way in a sea of pointers...