Re: [Numpy-discussion] Re: dtype: hashing and cmp

[Travis O. <oli...@ie...>]

Simon Burton wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:36:47 -0600
> Travis Oliphant <oli...@ie...> wrote:
>
>   
>> Simon Burton wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:33:37 -0500
>>> Robert Kern <rob...@gm...> wrote:
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>>>       
>>>>> if array.dtype == numpy.Int32: ...
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> numpy.int32
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>   
>>> No that doesn't work.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yeah, the "canonical" types (e.g. int32, float64, etc) are actually 
>> scalar objects.  The type objects themselves are dtype(int32).  I don't 
>> think they are currently listed anywhere in Python (except there is one 
>> for every canonical scalar object). 
>>     
> ...
>
> Can we promote the numarray names: Int32 etc. to their dtype equivalents ?
>   
Perhaps.  There is the concern that it might break Numeric 
compatibility, though.

-Travis