[Numpy-discussion] numpy.filled, again

Pierre Haessig pierre.haessig at crans.org
Wed Jun 12 10:49:11 EDT 2013


Hi,

Le 12/06/2013 16:18, Nathaniel Smith a écrit :
> Now imagine a new version of this page, if we add 'filled'. There will
> be a list at the top with functions named:
>   empty
>   filled
>   ones
>   zeros
> It's immediately obvious what all of these things do, and how they
> differ from each other, and in which situation you might want each,
> just from the names, even before you read the one-line synopses. Even
> more so if you know about the existence of np.fill(). The synopses for
> 'ones' and 'zeros' don't even have to change, they already use the
> word 'filled' to describe what they do. It all just works.
I find the "docs would look nice and consistent" argument pretty convincing.
+1 for np.filled.

best,
Pierre



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