[Numpy-discussion] Add a function to broadcast arrays to a given shape to numpy's stride_tricks?

[Pierre Haessig]

Hi,

Le 07/12/2014 08:10, Stephan Hoyer a écrit :
> In [5]: %timeit xray.core.utils.as_shape(x, y.shape)
> 100000 loops, best of 3: 17 µs per loop
>
> Would this be a welcome addition to numpy's lib.stride_tricks? If so, 
> I will put together a PR.
>
>

Instead of putting this function in stride_tricks (which is quite 
hidden), could it be added instead as a boolean flag to the existing 
`reshape` method ? Something like:

x.reshape(y.shape, broadcast=True)

What other people think ?

best,
Pierre