Re: [Numpy-discussion] New DTypes: Are scalars a central concept in NumPy or not?

2020-04-08 Thread Chris Barker
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:17 PM Sebastian Berg wrote: > > > > But, backward compatibility aside, could we have ONLY Scalars? > > > Well, it is hard to write functions that work on N-Dimensions > > > (where N > > > can be 0), if the 0-D array does not exist. > > So as a (silly) example, the follo

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NEP 37: A dispatch protocol for NumPy-like modules

2020-04-08 Thread Sebastian Berg
On Wed, 2020-04-08 at 17:04 -0400, Andreas Mueller wrote: > Hey all. > Is there any update on this? Is there any input we can provide as > users? > I'm not entirely sure where you are in the decision making process > right > now :) > Hey, thanks for the ping. Things are a bit stuck right now. I

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NEP 37: A dispatch protocol for NumPy-like modules

2020-04-08 Thread Andreas Mueller
Hey all. Is there any update on this? Is there any input we can provide as users? I'm not entirely sure where you are in the decision making process right now :) Cheers, Andy On 3/3/20 6:34 PM, Sebastian Berg wrote: On Fri, 2020-02-28 at 11:28 -0500, Allan Haldane wrote: On 2/23/20 6:59 PM,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New DTypes: Are scalars a central concept in NumPy or not?

2020-04-08 Thread Sebastian Berg
On Wed, 2020-04-08 at 12:37 -0700, Chris Barker wrote: > sorry to have fallen off the numpy grid for a bit, but: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:37 PM Sebastian Berg < > sebast...@sipsolutions.net> > wrote: > > > On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 11:45 -0700, Chris Barker wrote: > > > But, backward compatibili

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New DTypes: Are scalars a central concept in NumPy or not?

2020-04-08 Thread Chris Barker
sorry to have fallen off the numpy grid for a bit, but: On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:37 PM Sebastian Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 11:45 -0700, Chris Barker wrote: > > But, backward compatibility aside, could we have ONLY Scalars? > > Well, it is hard to write functions that work on N-Dimen

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

2020-04-08 Thread Sebastian Berg
Hi all, I propose to officially accepting NEP 41: "First step towards a new Datatype System" If you have any concerns please let me know or discuss here within a week. If there are no concerns voiced the NEP may be accepted. I realize that there may be some who need time to think about this indi