On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:28:30 -0400 Allan Haldane <allanhald...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also, I like to think of numpy as having quite C-like behavior, allowing > you to play with the lowlevel bits and bytes. (I actually wish its > casting behavior was more C-like). I suspect that people working with > uint8 arrays might be doing byte-fiddling hacks and actually *want* > overflow/wraparound to occur, at least when multiplying/adding.
I agree. Currently, the choice is simple: if you want an int output, have an int input; if you want a float output, have a float output. This fidelity to the user's data type choice allows people to make informed decisions. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
