[Numpy-discussion] Output type of round is inconsistent with python built-in

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Thu Feb 27 09:47:58 EST 2020


On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:43 AM Ilhan Polat <ilhanpolat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh sorry. That's trigger finger np-dotting.
>
> What i mean is if someone was using the round method on float32 or other
> small bit datatypes they would have a silent upcasting.
>
> Maybe not a big problem but can have significant impact.
>

np.round()/np.around() will still exist and behave as you would want it to
in such cases (float32->float32, float64->float64).

-- 
Robert Kern
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