Scott Ransom wrote: > I wasn't at all arguing that having complex data chopped and > downcast into an int or float container was the right thing to do.
indeed, it is an clearly bad thing to do -- but a bug magnet? I'm not so sure, surely, anyone that had any idea at all what they were doing with complex numbers would notice it right away. To the OP: Did you waste any time thinking this was working right? Or was your time spent figuring out why numpy wold do such a thing? which is wasted time none the less. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion