> On 3/26/07, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> finds itself in basic conflict with the idea that I ought >> to be able to iterate over the objects in an iterable >> container.
>> I mean really, does this not "feel" wrong? :: >> >>> for item in x: print item.__repr__() >> ... >> matrix([[1, 2]]) >> matrix([[3, 4]]) On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Bill Baxter apparently wrote: > This may sound silly, but I really think seeing all those > brackets is what makes it feel wrong. I appreciate the agreement that it feels wrong, but I dispute the analysis of this symptom. What makes it "feel wrong", I contend, is that experience with Python make this a **surprising** behavior. And that is precisely why I suggest that this may point to a design issue. Cheers, Alan Isaac _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
