[Numpy-discussion] Short-hand array creation in `numpy.mat` style

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:

>  (I'm not entirely convinced
> np.arr() is a good idea at all; but if it is, it must be kept simple.)
>

If you are going to introduce this functionality, please don't call it
np.arr.

Right now, np.a<tab> presents you with a whopping 53 completion choices.
 Adding "r", narrows that to 21, but np.arr<tab> completes to np.array
right away.  Please don't introduce another bump in this road.

"Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!"

I would suggest calling it something like np.array_simple or
np.array_from_string, but the best choice IMO, would be
np.ndarray.from_string (a static constructor method).
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