Re: [matplotlib-devel] overridding builtin variables in pylab

[Fernando P. <Fer...@co...>]

Norbert Nemec wrote:
> Am Montag, 10. Januar 2005 11:46 schrieb John Hunter:
> 
>>I'm happy with Fernando's proposed names amin, amax, around, etc.  If
>>everyone else is too, I propose Andrew implement his patch, provide
>>the compatibility names, and update the relevant docs to advertise
>>this prominently: API_CHANGES, CHANGELOG, tutorial and users guide.
>>Particularly in the latter two, I think we should warn people about
>>the potential performance hit of using the builtin min, max and
>>friends on large arrays.
> 
> 
> There might be a solution that avoids the performance hit: there should not be 
> any problem with pylab offering an optimized set of min, max, etc. as long as 
> their signature is identical to the builtins and the behavior only extends 
> them. Something along the line of:

Hmm.  Those extra checks in your code don't come for free... I'd rather leave 
the builtins alone (many of them are C-coded, hence quite fast), and just 
provide array versions where needed.

Just my 1e-2

Best,

f