Re: [Numpy-discussion] rank-0 arrays

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

Travis Oliphant wrote:

> This is the gist of it.  Basically you extend the Python scalars to
> include the single precision types (all the types Numeric supports).

Would they be recognised as scalars by Python? In particular, could you
use one as an index? Personally, this is what has bit me in the past: I
could use A[3,2] as an index if A was type "Int" but not if it was
"Int16" for example.

In any case, the type of A[3,2] should NOT depend on the precision of
the numbers stored in A.

Frankly, I have no idea what the implimentation details would be, but
could we get rid of rank-0 arrays altogether? I have always simply found
them strange and confusing... What are they really neccesary for
(besides holding scalar values of different precision that standard
Pyton scalars)?

-Chris







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