On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, <josef.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:33 PM, eat <e.antero.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Huh, >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:03 PM, <josef.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Alan G Isaac <alan.is...@gmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I'm hoping this discussion will return to the drawing the line >>> >> question. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8108688/in-python-when-should-i-use-a-function-instead-of-a-method >>> >> >>> >> Alan Isaac >>> > >>> > >>> > Proposed line: >>> > >>> > Reduction methods only. >>> > >>> > Discuss... >>> >>> arr.dot ? >>> >>> the 99 most common functions for which chaining looks nice. >> >> Care to elaborate more for us less uninitiated? > > partially a joke. I don't see any good and simple rule to restrict the > number of methods.
99 was just the first number that came to mind that sounded exaggerated enough. (I like methods and will use __abs__ from now on, but I won't argue much in any direction of changes.) Josef http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luftballons > > dot was added as a method a few numpy versions ago, because it is > painful to write nested or sequential dot products. Alan was in favor > of the dot method and of matrix algebra because it's much easier on > new users who come from a background that has a dot product as "*" or > similar operator. > > As Skipper, I think the number of methods is not really huge > (especially not numerical operations) > > Josef > >> >> Regards, >> -eat >>> >>> >>> Josef >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > Ben Root >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
