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

[Christopher B. <Chr...@no...>]

Travis Oliphant wrote:
> Actually something as simple as
> 
> class InfoArray(N.ndarray):
>          pass
> 
> will allow you to add attributes to InfoArray.

Well, sure, but how the heck do you initialize it?

 >>> class InfoArray(N.ndarray):
...          pass
...
 >>> InfoArray((1,2,3))
InfoArray([[[  6.61855173e-306,               nan,   4.94708449e+173],
         [  3.32457336e-309,   1.08825491e+175,   2.12468326e-314]]])

InfoArray(N.array((1,2,3)))
InfoArray([[[  2.17854722e-305,   1.90979621e-313,   1.90979621e-313],
         [  1.90979621e-313,   1.90979621e-313,   1.03977794e-312]]])

I, for one, would like a very easy to subclass version of ndarray, maybe 
one that had a default constructor like numpy.array().

oh, and:


Charles R Harris wrote:
> 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.

+1

keep basic arrays simple and lean.

Wasn't there one a UserArray class or something?


-Chris



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