Re: [Numpy-discussion] Enhancing dot()

[Charles R H. <cha...@gm...>]

On 7/7/06, Bill Baxter <wb...@gm...> wrote:
>
> On 7/7/06, Tim Hochberg <tim...@co...> wrote:
>
> > > The funny thing is that having a dot(a,b,c,...) would lead to the
> > > exact same kind of hidden performance problems you're arguing against.
> > Not exactly arguing -- this isn't why I don't like H and friends -- just
> >
> > noting that this is one of the traps that people are likely to fall into
> > when transferring equations to code.
>
>
<snip>

A = D
> A *= -2
> A += C
> A += B
>

I would like to write something like:

A = D.copy().times(-2).plus(C).plus(B)

i.e. copy produces a "register", the rest is reverse Polish, and  =
"stores" the result.

Chuck