[Numpy-discussion] Silent Broadcasting considered harmful

Ralf Gommers ralf.gommers at gmail.com
Tue Feb 10 14:50:01 EST 2015


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Todd <toddrjen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >> So maybe the better way would be not to add warnings to braodcasting
>> operations,
>> >> but to overhaul the matrix class
>> >> to make it more attractive for numerical linear algebra(?)
>>
>
>
>> What about splitting it off into a scikit, or at least some sort of
>> separate package?  If there is sufficient interest in it, it can be
>> maintained there.  If not, at least people can use it as-is.  But there
>> would not be any expectation going forward that the rest of numpy has to
>> work well with it
>>
>
> Well, splitting it off is a good idea,
>

It's not, that would be a massive backwards compat break. Just leave as is,
and write this discussion up in a FAQ so we won't keep going in circles on
this topic.

Ralf



> seeing as how it hasn't gotten much love. But if the rest of numpy does
> not work well with it, then it becomes even less useful.
>
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