The "shape" proposal is an *excellent* idea - it gets my vote!

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Craig DeForest <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hrm.  As long as we're on terminology, how do you describe a PDL with dim
> list [3,5]?
>
> We've/I've been calling it a 2-D PDL with dim sizes 3 and 5 (as in "dim 0
> has size 3, and dim 1 has size 5"), or alternatively a 3x5-PDL.  Its first
> row would be called a 3-PDL or a 1-D PDL with size 3.
>
>
My preference is "3x5 PDL" as "2d 3x5 PDL" is a bit redundant.

I'd say no to "3-PDL" - I'd prefer "1-D PDL with size 3".

"A PDL with shape 3 by 5" sounds good to me!

Matt

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