I'm trying to understand the state of this discussion. I believe that propoents of adding a .H attribute have primarily emphasized
- readability (and general ease of use) - consistency with matrix and masked array - forward looking (to a future when .H can be a view) The opponents have primarily emphasized - inconsistency with convention that for arrays instance attributes should return views Is this a correct summary? If it is correct, I believe the proponents' case is stronger. All the considerations are valid, so it is a matter of deciding how to weight them. The alternative of offering a new method seems inferior in terms of readability and consistency, and it is not adequately forward looking. If the alternative is nevertheless chosen, I suggest that it should definitely *not* be .H(), both because of the conflict with uses by matrix and masked array, and because I expect that eventually the desire for an attribute will win the day, and it would be a shame for the obvious notation to be lost. Alan Isaac _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
