[Numpy-discussion] Syntax Improvement for Array Transpose

Marten van Kerkwijk m.h.vankerkwijk at gmail.com
Mon Jun 24 14:18:02 EDT 2019


Hi Stephan,

Yes, the complex conjugate dtype would make things a lot faster, but I
don't quite see why we would wait for that with introducing the `.H`
property.

I do agree that `.H` is the correct name, giving most immediate clarity
(i.e., people who know what conjugate transpose is, will recognize it,
while likely having to look up `.CT`, while people who do not know will
have to look up regardless). But at the same time agree that the docstring
and other documentation should start with "Conjugate tranpose" - good to
try to avoid using names of people where you have to be in the "in crowd"
to know what it means.

The above said, if we were going with the initial suggestion of `.MT` for
matrix transpose, then I'd prefer `.CT` over `.HT` as its conjugate version.

But it seems there is little interest in that suggestion, although sadly a
clear path forward has not yet emerged either.

All the best,

Marten
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