[Numpy-discussion] Strange behavior of np.sinc

[David Goldsmith]

Hi!  The docstring for numpy.lib.function_base.sinc indicates that the
parameter has to be an ndarray, and that it will return the limiting value 1
for sinc(0).  Checking to see if it should actually say array_like, I found
the following (Python 2.6):

>>> np.sinc(np.array((0,0.5)))
array([ 1.        ,  0.63661977])
>>> np.sinc((0,0.5))
array([        NaN,  0.63661977])
>>> np.sinc([0,0.5])
array([        NaN,  0.63661977])
>>> np.version.version
'1.4.1'

So, it doesn't choke on non-array sequences, and appears to return values
consistent w/ array input, except at 0.  Bug in code (failure at 0 if in a
sequence) and in the doc (ndarray should be array_like)?

DG
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