On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal < chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It was not enough for me or the three others who will publicly admit > > to the shame of finding it confusing without further thought. > > I would submit that some of the confusion came from the fact that with > ravel(), and the 'A' and 'K' flags, you are forced to figure out BOTH > index_order and memory_order -- with one flag -- I know I'm still not > clear what I'd get in complex situations. > > > Again, I just can't see a reason not to separate these ideas. > > I agree, but really separating them -- but ideally having a given > function only deal with one or the other, not both at once. > > > We are > > not arguing about backwards compatibility here, only about clarity. > > while it could be changed while strictly maintaining backward > compatibility -- it is a change that would need to filter through the > docs, example, random blog posts, stack=overflow questions, etc...... > Not only that, we would then also be in the situation of having `order` *and* `xxx_order` keywords. This is also confusing, at least as much as the current situation imho. Ralf > Is that worth it? I'm not convinced > > > Right. I think you may now be close to my own discomfort when faced > > with working out (fast) what: > > > > np.reshape(a, (3,4), order='F') > > I still think it's cause you know too much.... ;-) > > -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 > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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