OK, but if basics methods are likely to become more efficient than already
existing ones, they should be included in more general packages at some
point (i.e. fast_svd may end into scipy.linalg).
--
Virgile Fritsch
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM, xinfan meng <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good points. Sometimes people just want to use the nuts and bolts instead
> of a full-fledge machine.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Jacob VanderPlas <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I think we should re-think our utils model. Currently, it's a mish-mash
>> of tools for development (e.g. array2d, logsum, etc.) and performance
>> code that's better than many other available python implementations
>> (e.g. fast_svd, graph_shortest_path, etc.). As far as I can tell, none
>> of this is well represented in the html docs.
>>
>> I propose creating a subsection of the developer's doc page outlining
>> the utils available and when/why/how they should be used.
>>
>> I'd also like to move the more substantial utils to another folder,
>> perhaps sklearn/enhancements, and document them in a separate section of
>> the html docs. I think this could lead to some wider use of the
>> scikit-learn optimized methods - i.e. if someone is on the web
>> searching for "python fast svd", they may find our page and use the
>> scikit. Currently, the methods are so hidden that they likely wouldn't
>> be found.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Jake
>>
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