This is because slicing with a boolean has just no confusing meaning I can think of [1]. NumPy even used to reject it, but there seems no reason to add maintenance/code complexity (i.e. duplicate code from Python already provides) to reject bools. There used to be a reason to using `__index__()` in slices, because Python did not. But now Python caught up.
- Sebastian [1] I have never seen anyone index with a bool, and I have no conception of what `arr[masked:not_masked]` would mean. There is not a small step from `arr[True]` to `arr[True:]`. On Thu, 2020-08-13 at 15:14 -0600, Aaron Meurer wrote: > I noticed that np.bool_.__index__() gives a DeprecationWarning > > > > > np.bool_(True).__index__() > __main__:1: DeprecationWarning: In future, it will be an error for > 'np.bool_' scalars to be interpreted as an index > 1 > > This is good, because booleans don't actually act like integers in > indexing contexts. However, raw Python bools also allow __index__() > > > > > True.__index__() > 1 > > A consequence of this is that NumPy slices allow booleans, as long as > they are the Python type (if you use the NumPy bool_ type you get the > deprecation warning). > > > > > a = np.arange(10) > > > > a[True:] > array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]) > > Should this behavior also be considered deprecated? Presumably > deprecating bool.__index__() in Python is a no-go, but it could be > deprecated in NumPy contexts (in the pure Python collections, > booleans > don't have a special indexing meaning anyway). > > Interestingly, places that use a shape don't allow booleans (I guess > they don't necessarily use __index__()?) > > > > > np.empty((True,)) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > TypeError: an integer is required > > Aaron Meurer > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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