Re: [Numpy-discussion] A reimplementation of MaskedArray

[Michael S. <mic...@gm...>]

On 10/17/06, Pierre GM <pgm...@ma...> wrote:
> On Monday 16 October 2006 22:08, Michael Sorich wrote:
> > Does this new MA class allow masking of rearray like arrays?
>
> Excellent question! Which is to say, I have no idea... I don't use
> recordarray, so I didn't think about testing them.
>
> So, a first test indicates that it doesn't work either. The mask for a3 is
> understood as having a size 6, when the data is seen as size 2 only (exactly
> the same problem as the original ma module).
> I gonna poke around and check whether I can come with a workaround. Just to
> make it clear: you want to be able to mask some fields in some records,
> right ? Not mask all the fields of a record ?

Yes, that is correct. It would be preferable to have more control over
masking than simply masking an entire record. I view the heterogenouse
arrays as 2D arrays in which it should be possible to mask individual
values.