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 -- Matthew Kenworthy / Assistant Professor / Leiden Observatory Niels Bohrweg 2 (#463) / P.O. Box 9513 / 2300 RA Leiden / NL
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