Re: [Numpy-discussion] Compressed index sets, generators and iterators

[A. M. A. <per...@gm...>]

On 01/11/06, Bill Baxter <wb...@gm...> wrote:

> What's the reason iterators are not supported currently?
> For instance  A[range(0,4)] works for a 1d A, but A[xrange(0,4)] does not.
> Are iterators just too inefficient to bother with?

If you want an iterator back, a generator comprehension will do it:
(A[i] for i in xrange(0,4))

If the result is to be a numpy array, the size must be known ahead of
time (so that the memory can be allocated) and specified. At this
point, and considering the overhead in calling back and forth to the
generator, the cost of converting to a list (after all,
A[list(xrange(0,40)] should work fine) isn't necessarily worth the
trouble.

A. M. Archibald