[Numpy-discussion] Style - was Re: numpy.repeat TypeError: array cannot be safely cast to required type

[Colin J. W. <cj...@sy...>]

Tim Hochberg wrote:
[snip]
> A style note: please use the named dtypes (int32, uint32, etc) rather 
> than the old-style letter codes; the former is much clearer. The answer 
> to your question might  have been immediately apparent had you been 
> using named dtypes.
>
>   
+1
>  Personally, I'd also prefer people use the "ones([n])" syntax instead 
> of the I-wish-it-were-deprecated-but-it's-too-much-to-hope-for "ones(n)" 
> syntax.  T
>
> -tim
>
>   
Could you elaborate please?

Colin W.