On 21/03/2008, Sebastian Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comment: I have read the module- or directory-name "core" many times > on this list, however: Who really knows where a given functions > belongs ? Isn't that mostly only the numpy svn commiters ? > In other words, using only the python side of numpy, someone (like > myself) would NOT know that sort is inside "core" ! > > Also: since >>> import numpy as N; N.sort refers already to that same sort: > >>> N.core.sort > <function sort at 0x01BACB30> > >>> N.sort > <function sort at 0x01BACB30> > > I would prefer not to require "core" sub-sub-page. > Instead, every name <X> that is accessible as N.<X> should be > documented without extra sub-page.
I don't have a solution, but I would like to complain about numpy's flat namespace. Perhaps we're stuck with it now, but it's very difficult to find the right function. In scipy, I can find the right numerical integration by importsing scipy.integrate and using tab completion, But in numpy, everything is loaded into the base namespace, so tab completion gets me an overwhelming 502 possibilities. That's why there's a "numpy functions by category" but no "scipy functions by category" - scipy functions are already by category. Is it perhaps possible to make all numpy functions accessible in submodules (in addition to in numpy, for backwards compatibility) and then promote accessing them that way? Are they already? If so how do I find out what the submodules are? Thanks, Anne _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
