[Numpy-discussion] rank-0 arrays: Something useful

[Nadav H. <na...@vi...>]

One can use rank 0 arrays instead of scalars to automatically promote 
type of scalar-array
operations:

 >>> from numarray import *
 >>> a = arange(10, type=Int16)
 >>> a * 10
array([ 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90], type=Int16)  # same type
 >>> a * array(10, type=Int32)
array([ 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90])              # Type 
promoted to Int32

Is there any way to economically set the type of the operation result?
something like:
multiply(a,b, type=xxx)   # Doesn't work
instead of:
(a*b).astype(xxx)


  Nadav.