[Numpy-discussion] proposal: new logspace without the log in the argument

[Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz]

I like the idea, as long as we all remain aware of the irony of having
a "log" spacing for a function named "lin"space.

    -Joe

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Some questions it'd be good to get feedback on:
>>
>> - any better ideas for naming it than "geomspace"? It's really too bad
>> that the 'logspace' name is already taken.
>
> geomspace() is a perfectly cromulent name, IMO.
>
>> - I guess the alternative interface might be something like
>>
>> np.linspace(start, stop, steps, spacing="log")
>>
>> what do people think?
>
> In a new function not named `linspace()`, I think that might be fine. I do
> occasionally want to swap between linear and logarithmic/geometric spacing
> based on a parameter, so this doesn't violate the van Rossum Rule of
> Function Signatures.
>
> --
> Robert Kern
>
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