[Numpy-discussion] dtype repr change?

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Mark Wiebe wrote:
>    but ultimately NumPy needs the ability to change its repr and other
>    details like it in order to progress as a software project.

You have to understand that numpy is the core layer on which people have
build pretty huge scientific codebases with fairly little money flowing
in to support. Any minor change to numpy cause turmoils in labs and is
delt by people (student or researchers) on their spare time. I am not
saying that there should not be any changes to numpy, just that the costs
and benefits of these changes need to be weighted carefully. Numpy is not
a young and agile project its a foundation library.

My two cents, 

Gaël