From: Todd M. <jm...@st...> - 2003-11-21 17:30:47
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On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 12:20, Colin J. Williams wrote: > > > Todd Miller wrote: > > >On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 09:58, Alexander Schmolck wrote: > > > > > >>Todd Miller <jm...@st...> writes: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 18:18, Chris Barker wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Todd Miller wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Someone recently suggested that we change the default for numarray > >>>>>underflow checking to "ignore". Please vote (+1, 0, -1): > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>What is it currently, and what other options are there? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>The default of underflow is "warn" > >>> > >>> > >>I much prefer the current default. Having (potential errors) ignored silently > >>is IMHO against the spirit of python. What's the problem with manually setting > >>"ignore underflow" if and when one knows that underflows might occur but can > >>safely be ignored? > >> > >> > > > >I'll read that as -1. :-) > > > This proposal leaves the control with the user, which seems to be the > best way to go. Just to be clear, all we're talking about is the *default* handling of underflow. Regardless of what we decide, underflow handling will be configurable by the user on a per-thread basis as either: "ignore", "warn", or "raise". Todd > Colin W. > -- Todd Miller Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore MD, 21030 (410) 338 - 4576 |