Hi Nathaniel, > Sure. But the only reason this is in 1.6 is that the person who made > the change never mentioned it to anyone else, so it wasn't noticed > until after 1.6 came out. If it had gone through proper review/mailing > list discussion (like we're doing now) then it's very unlikely it > would have gone in in its present form.
This is also a good point; I didn't realize that was how it was handled. Ultimately, the people who have to make this decision are the people who actually do the work -- and that means the core numpy maintainers. We've had a great discussion and I certainly feel like my input has been respected. Although I still disagree with the change, I certainly see that it's not as simple as I first thought. At this point the discussion has gone on for about 70 emails so far and I think I've said all I can. Thanks again for being willing to engage with users like this... numpy is an unusual project in that regard. I imagine that once the change is released (scheduled for 2.0?) the broader community will also be happy to provide input. Andrew _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion