Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: NEP 41 -- First step towards a new Datatype System

2020-03-17 Thread Chris Meyer
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 4:50 PM, Chris Meyer wrote: > >> The units for an array describe the elements *within* the array, they would >> have nothing to do with the dimensions. So for an array of image data, e.g. >> brightness temperatures, you would have physical units (e.g. Kelvin). You >> woul

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: NEP 41 -- First step towards a new Datatype System

2020-03-17 Thread Chris Meyer
> My only caveat is that I don’t think tracking physical units should be a > primary use case. Units are fundamentally different than data types, even > though there are libraries out there that treat them more like data types. > > I strongly disagree. Right now, you need to implement a custom c

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: NEP 41 -- First step towards a new Datatype System

2020-03-17 Thread Ryan May
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 4:35 PM Chris Meyer wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Sebastian Berg > wrote: > > > > in the spirit of trying to keep this moving, can I assume that the main > > reason for little discussion is that the actual changes proposed are > > not very far reaching as of now

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: NEP 41 -- First step towards a new Datatype System

2020-03-17 Thread Chris Meyer
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Sebastian Berg > wrote: > > in the spirit of trying to keep this moving, can I assume that the main > reason for little discussion is that the actual changes proposed are > not very far reaching as of now? Or is the reason that this is a > fairly complex topic tha

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: NEP 41 -- First step towards a new Datatype System

2020-03-17 Thread Sebastian Berg
Hi all, in the spirit of trying to keep this moving, can I assume that the main reason for little discussion is that the actual changes proposed are not very far reaching as of now? Or is the reason that this is a fairly complex topic that you need more time to think about it? If it is the latter

[Numpy-discussion] NumPy Community Meeting Wednesday, March 18

2020-03-17 Thread Sebastian Berg
Hi all, There will be a NumPy Community meeting Wednesday March 18 at 11 am Pacific Time. Everyone is invited and encouraged to join in and edit the work-in-progress meeting topics and notes: https://hackmd.io/76o-IxCjQX2mOXO_wwkcpg?both Best wishes Sebastian PS: The US had its daylight savin

[Numpy-discussion] NumPy 1.18.2 released.

2020-03-17 Thread Charles R Harris
Hi All, On behalf of the NumPy team I am pleased to announce that NumPy 1.18.2 has been released.This small release contains a fix for a performance regression in numpy/random and several bug/maintenance updates. The Python versions supported in this release are 3.5-3.8. Downstream developers sho

[Numpy-discussion] Study on annotating implementation and design choices, and of technical debt

2020-03-17 Thread Fiorella Zampetti
Dear all, As software engineering research teams at the University of Sannio (Italy) and Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) we are interested in investigating the protocol used by developers while they have to annotate implementation and design choices during their normal develop

[Numpy-discussion] Announcing the 2020 John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest

2020-03-17 Thread Madicken Munk
Dear all, In memory of John Hunter, we are pleased to announce the John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest for 2020. This open competition aims to highlight the importance of data visualization to scientific progress and showcase the capabilities of open source software. Participants are invi

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Opportunities for a NumPy sprint in Japan

2020-03-17 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:46 PM David Cournapeau wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:41 PM Matti Picus wrote: > >> >> On 12/3/20 8:14 am, David Cournapeau wrote: >> > >> > I will try to join the meeting next week though (where are the info to >> > join ?), >> > >> > David >> > >> > >> >> The

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Opportunities for a NumPy sprint in Japan

2020-03-17 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:41 PM Matti Picus wrote: > > On 12/3/20 8:14 am, David Cournapeau wrote: > > > > I will try to join the meeting next week though (where are the info to > > join ?), > > > > David > > > > > > The next one will be a community meeting on Wed Mar 18, 11am California > time o