On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Ralf Gommers <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Bruce Southey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> On 12/14/2011 01:03 AM, Chris Barker wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Ralf Gommers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> genfromtxt sure looks close for an API >>>> >>> >>> This I don't agree with. It has a huge amount of keywords that just >>> confuse or intimidate a beginning user. There should be a dead simple >>> interface, even the loadtxt API is on the heavy side. >>> >> >> well, yes, though it does do a lot -- do you have a smpler one in mind? >> >> Just looking at what I normally wouldn't need for simple data files > and/or what a beginning user won't understand at once, the `unpack` and > `ndmin` keywords could certainly be left out. `converters` is also > questionable. That's probably as simple as it can get. > > Just my two cents (and I was one of those who championed its inclusion), the ndmin feature is designed to prevent unexpected results that users (particularly beginners) may encounter with their datasets. Now, maybe it might be difficult to tell a beginner *why* they might need to be aware of it, but it is very easy to describe *how* to use. "How many dimensions is your data? Two? Ok, just set ndmin=2 and you are good to go!" Cheers! Ben Root
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