Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy vs numeric benchmarks

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

Robert Kern wrote:
> Filip Wasilewski wrote:
>
>   
>> So the next question is what's the difference between matrixmultiply and
>> dot in NumPy?
>>     
>
> matrixmultiply is a deprecated compatibility name. Always use dot. dot will get
> replaced with the optimized dotblas implementation when an optimized BLAS is
> available. matrixmultiply will not (probably not intentionally, but I'm happy
> with the current situation).
>   

It's true that matrixmultiply has been deprecated for some time (at 
least 8 years...)   The basic dot function gets over-written with a 
BLAS-optimized version but the matrixmultiply does not get changed.  So 
replace matrixmultiply with dot.   It wasn't an intentional thing, but 
perhaps it will finally encourage people to always use dot.

-Travis