>> My own plan for the near term would be as follows: >> >> 1) Put in the experimental option and get the 1.7 release out. This gets us >> through the next couple of months and keeps things moving. > > +1 on not blocking the release while we invent+implement yet another > experimental API.
Nobody has suggested inventing or implementing yet another anything. All I want to do is separate out the ndmasked array as a separate object and leave the ndarray object alone. > >> 2) Look at what hooks/low level functions would let us reimplement np.ma. >> Because there are so many different mask uses out there, this would be a >> good way to discover what low level support is likely to provide a good >> basis for others to build on. >> >> 3) Revisit the idea of making all ndarrays masked by default, but do so with >> the experience and feedback from current mask users. > > I like this plan. > I think points 2 and 3 are fine as long as the 1.7 release does not have masked array notions attached to all ndarray objects. -Travis > -- Nathaniel > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
