[Numpy-discussion] Converting np.sinc into a ufunc

[Nathan Goldbaum]

It might be worth using BigQuery to search the github repository public
dataset for usages of np.sinc with keyword arguments.

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:05 PM Sebastian Berg <sebastian at sipsolutions.net>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> there is an open PR (https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/12924) to
> convert `np.sinc` into a ufunc. Since it should improve general
> precision in `np.sinc`, I thought we could try to move that forward a
> bit. We check whether this is worth it or not in the end.
>
> However, it would also change behaviour slightly since `np.sinc(x=arr)`
> will not work, as ufuncs are positional arguments only (we could wrap
> `sinc`, but that hides all the nice features). Otherwise, there should
> be no change except additional features of ufuncs and the move to a C
> implementation.
>
> This is mostly to see if anyone is worried about possible slight API
> change here.
>
> All the Best,
>
> Sebastian
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