Re: [Numpy-discussion] adding an attribute to an nd-array

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

On 10/19/06, Travis Oliphant <oli...@ee...> wrote:
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> Stefan van der Walt wrote:
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> >On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:17:49PM -0400, Pierre GM wrote:
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> >>On Wednesday 18 October 2006 20:29, Stefan van der Walt wrote:
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I don't think the extra bytes for every ndarray object are worth it,
> given how easy it is to sub-class and create your own ndarray that can
> have attributes attached.    What are others opinions.


I'd be more inclined to worry about speed. One of the drawbacks of numarray
was the time it took to create arrays. Since I  often use many small arrays,
numpy was a big improvement in that area.

Chuck