[Numpy-discussion] consensus (was: NA masks in the next numpy release?)

[Stéfan van der Walt]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.root at ou.edu> wrote:
> The space issues was never ignored and Mark left room for that to be
> addressed.  Parameterized dtypes can still be added (and isn't all that
> different from multi-na). Perhaps I could be convinced of a having np.MA
> assignments mean "ignore" and np.NA mean "absent".  How far off are we
> really from consensus?

Do you know whether Mark is around?  I think his feedback would be
useful at this point; having written the code, he'll be able to
evaluate some of the technical suggestions made.

Stéfan