Re: [Numpy-discussion] difference between dtypes

2015-07-24 Thread Robert Kern
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:45 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an explanation somewhere of what different basic dtypes mean, across platforms and python versions? np.bool8 type 'numpy.bool_' np.bool_ type 'numpy.bool_' bool type 'bool' Are there any rules and recommendations

Re: [Numpy-discussion] difference between dtypes

2015-07-24 Thread josef.pktd
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:46 AM, Robert Kern robert.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:45 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an explanation somewhere of what different basic dtypes mean, across platforms and python versions? np.bool8 type 'numpy.bool_' np.bool_

Re: [Numpy-discussion] difference between dtypes

2015-07-24 Thread Robert Kern
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:05 AM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:46 AM, Robert Kern robert.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:45 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an explanation somewhere of what different basic dtypes mean, across platforms and

[Numpy-discussion] difference between dtypes

2015-07-23 Thread josef.pktd
Is there an explanation somewhere of what different basic dtypes mean, across platforms and python versions? np.bool8 type 'numpy.bool_' np.bool_ type 'numpy.bool_' bool type 'bool' Are there any rules and recommendations or is it all folks lore? I'm asking because my intuition picked up