[Numpy-discussion] Added atleast_nd, request for clarification/cleanup of atleast_3d

[Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz]

Agreed. I was originally going with "side", but I want something that
can be changed to accepting arbitrary specs without changing the word.
Perhaps "pos"? I am open to suggestion.

    -Joe

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't have the keyword be "where", as that collides with the notion of
> "where" elsewhere in numpy.
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz
> <jfoxrabinovitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I still think this function is useful. I have made a change so that it
>> only accepts one array, as Marten suggested, making the API much
>> cleaner than that of its siblings. The side on which the new
>> dimensions will be added is configurable via the `where` parameter,
>> which currently accepts 'before' and 'after', but can be changed to
>> accept sequences or even dicts. The change also resulted in finding a
>> bug in the masked array versions of the atleast functions, which the
>> PR now fixes and adds regression tests for. If the devs do decide to
>> discard this PR, I will of course submit the bug fix separately.
>>
>>     -Joe
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Stephan Hoyer <shoyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I don't know how typical I am in this. But it does make me wonder if
>> >> the
>> >> atleast_* functions act as an attractive nuisance, where new users take
>> >> their presence as an implicit recommendation that they are actually a
>> >> useful
>> >> thing to reach for, even though they... aren't that. And maybe we
>> >> should be
>> >> recommending folk move away from them rather than trying to extend them
>> >> further?
>> >
>> > Agreed. I would avoid adding atleast_nd. We could discourage using
>> > atleast_3d (certainly the behavior is indeed surprising), but I'm not
>> > sure
>> > it's worth the trouble.
>> >
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