[Numpy-discussion] asanyarray vs. asarray

[Hameer Abbasi]

Hi!

> On Friday, Oct 19, 2018 at 6:09 PM, Stephan Hoyer <shoyer at gmail.com (mailto:shoyer at gmail.com)> wrote:
> I don't think it makes much sense to change NumPy's existing usage of asarray() to asanyarray() unless we add subok=True arguments (which default to False). But this ends up cluttering NumPy's public API, which is also undesirable.
>
Agreed so far.
>
> The preferred way to override NumPy functions going forward should be __array_function__.
>

I think we should “soft support” i.e. allow but consider unsupported, the case where one of NumPy’s functions is implemented in terms of others and “passing through” an array results in the correct behaviour for that array.

>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 8:13 AM Marten van Kerkwijk <m.h.vankerkwijk at gmail.com (mailto:m.h.vankerkwijk at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > There are exceptions for `matrix` in quite a few places, and there now is warning for `maxtrix` - it might not be bad to use `asanyarray` and add an exception for `maxtrix`. Indeed, I quite like the suggestion by Eric Wieser to just add the exception to `asanyarray` itself - that way when matrix is truly deprecated, it will be a very easy change.
> >
> > -- Marten
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Best Regards,
Hameer Abbasi

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