On 10.02.2005, at 05:36, Guido van Rossum wrote:
And why would a Matrix need to inherit from a C-array? Wouldn't it
make more sense from an OO POV for the Matrix to *have* a C-array
without *being* one?
Definitely. Most array operations make no sense on matrices. And
matrices are limited to two d
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:02:11 -0700, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
GvR:
>And why would a Matrix need to inherit from a C-array? Wouldn't it
>make more sense from an OO POV for the Matrix to *have* a C-array
>without *being* one?
Travis:
> The only reason I'm thinking of here is to hav
[Travis]
I appreciate some of what Paul is saying here, but I'm not fully
convinced that this is still true with Python 2.2 and up new-style
c-types. The concerns seem to be over the fact that you have to
re-implement everything in the sub-class because the base-class will
always return one o
