Re: [Numpy-discussion] How do I make a diagonal matrix?

[Alan G I. <ai...@am...>]

> Alan G Isaac wrote:=20
>> I can roughly understand why a.ravel() returns a matrix;=20
>> but is there a good reason to forbid truly flattening the matrix?=20

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Travis Oliphant apparently wrote:=20
> Because matrices are never 1-d.  This is actually pretty=20
> consistent behavior.=20

Yes; that's why I can understand ravel.
But I was referring to flat with the question.



On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Travis Oliphant apparently wrote:=20
> I think you are right that this is a bug, though.  Because=20
> __array__() (which is where the behavior comes from)=20
> should return a base-class array (not a sub-class).=20

Thanks for fixing this!!

Alan