[Numpy-discussion] feedback request: proposal to add masks to the core ndarray

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 03:16:39PM -0500, Mark Wiebe wrote:
>    This is why I'm also proposing to add a 'mask=' parameter to ufuncs, for
>    example, to expose the implementation details of the masked array system
>    to people who need masks but need them to be a bit different. There may be
>    other places this kind of thing would slip in as well.

But I do not see how this is going to solve my use case, as I do not want
to keep in memory the unmasked data, for memory usage reasons. :).

Gael