[Numpy-discussion] add .H attribute?

[Fernando Perez]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Dave Hirschfeld
<dave.hirschfeld at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan G Isaac <alan.isaac <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> On 7/22/2013 3:10 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
>> > Having .T but not .H is an example of this split.
>>
>> Hate to do this but ...
>>
>>   Readability counts.
>
> +10!
>
> A.conjugate().transpose() is unspeakably horrible IMHO. Since there's no way
> to avoid a copy you gain nothing by not providing the convenience function.


Silly suggestion: why not just make .H a callable?

a.H()

is nearly as short/handy as .H, it fits easily into the mnemonic
pattern suggested by .T, yet the extra () are indicative that
something potentially big/expensive is happening...

Cheers,

f

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