Re: [Numpy-discussion] repr for numarray

[Scott R. <ra...@ph...>]

On June 11, 2002 02:43 pm, Perry Greenfield wrote:

> Yet on the other hand, it is undeniably convenient to use
> repr (by typing a variable) for small arrays interactively
> rather than using a print statement. This leads to 3 possible
> proposals for handling repr:
>
> 1) Do what is done now, always print a string that when
> eval'ed will recreate the array.
>
> 2) Only give summary information for the array regardless of
> its size.
>
> 3) Print the array if it has fewer than THRESHOLD number of
> elements, otherwise print a summary. THRESHOLD may be adjusted
> by the user.
>
> The last appears to be the most utilitarian to us, yet
> 'impure' somehow.  Certainly there are may objects for which

I vote for number 3, and have no hang-ups about any real or perceived 
"impurity".  This is an issue that I deal with daily.

Scott


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