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

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 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