It would be handy if in scipy we can use the function `numpy.lib.shape_base.normalize_axis_index` as a consistent method for validating an `axis` argument. Is this function considered part of the public API?
There are modules in numpy that do not have leading underscores but are still usually considered private. I'm not sure if `numpy.lib.shape_base` is one of those. `normalize_axis_index` is not in the top-level `numpy` namespace, and it is not included in the API reference (https://numpy.org/devdocs/search.html?q=normalize_axis_index&check_keywords=yes&area=default), so I'm not sure if we can safely consider this function to be public. Warren _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
