On 1/9/2016 4:58 AM, Stefan Otte wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> one of my new year's resolutions is to get my pull requests
> accepted (or closed). So here we go...
> 
> Here is the update pull request: 
> https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/5057 Here is the docstring: 
> https://github.com/sotte/numpy/commit/3d4c5d19a8f15b35df50d945b9c8853b683f7ab6#diff-2270128d50ff15badd1aba4021c50a8cR358
>
>  The new `block` function is very similar to matlab's `[A, B; C,
> D]`.
> 
> Pros: - it's very useful (in my experiment) - less friction for
> people coming from matlab - it's conceptually simple - the
> implementation is simple - it's documented - it's tested
> 
> Cons: - the implementation is not super efficient. Temporary
> copies are created. However, bmat also does that.
> 
> Feedback is very welcome!
> 
> 
> Best, Stefan
> 
> 


Without commenting on the implementation, I would find this function
*very* useful and convenient in my own work.

-gyro


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