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To: plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] Python and numeric support References: <20100517115621.gb14...@gandalf.rivendell> <alpine.deb.2.00.1005171208310.3...@ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva> In-Reply-To: <alpine.deb.2.00.1005171208310.3...@ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 5/17/2010 3:18 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2010-05-17 12:56+0100 Andrew Ross wrote: > >> >> >> >> Is anyone still using Numeric support for python arrays with plplot? >> Numeric has been deprecated for a number of years in favour of the still >> actively supported and developed numpy. Currently plplot supports both, >> but I can't see much long term need for this. It would streamline the >> source and make testing easier if we could deprecate support for Numeric. >> I propose we do this now, and add a build time warning message to uses >> if Numeric is used. Then somewhere down the line we can drop the support. >> Does anyone object? > > No objections here. Good plan. I agree. I never got started using Numeric/Numarray/NumPy because the actual status was in a state of flux and I didn't feel like learning 3 different packages. Now that the Python community has settled on NumPy, lets encourage them. :-) --Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
