[SciPy-Dev] New subpackage: scipy.data

[Bennet Fauber]

Would having a single datasets library increase visibility and
potentially encourage the use of one dataset for multiple purposes?
If they are roughly indexed, as the ones at the R datasets package
site are, that could also be helpful for people who are finding their
way to analytic capability via the catalog of examples.  Someone
looking for electorcardiogram might get led to signal that way, if
that matters.




On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Lars G. <lagru at mailbox.org> wrote:
>>
>> Is there a reason not to include those function where they'll most
>> likely be used? Meaning the images `ascent` and `face` could move to
>> `scipy.ndimage` and the signal `electrocardiogram` to `scipy.signal`?
>
> It would make them harder to discover, at least for me.
>
> On the developer side, if everything is in one subpackage, it would be
> easier to keep track how many bytes are being consumed by data. The
> scipy.datasets namespace would be a good place to put any common
> data-loading code (for instance, if we start adding large datasets that will
> be downloaded upon first use rather than being distributed in the scipy
> wheel).
>
> --
> Robert Kern
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