On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Till Stensitzki <mail.t...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hello, > > i know that the array object is already crowded, but i would like > > to see the abs method added, especially doing work on the console. > > Considering that many much less used functions are also implemented > > as a method, i don't think adding one more would be problematic. > > My gut feeling is that we have too many methods on ndarray, not too > few, but in any case, can you elaborate? What's the rationale for why > np.abs(a) is so much harder than a.abs(), and why this function and > not other unary functions? > > IIRC, there was a long thread about adding 'abs' back around 1.0.3-1.1.0 with Travis against it ;) I don't feel strongly one way or the other. Chuck
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