Hi
I'm trying to make a python class to be used in object arrays
(specifically, an mpfr type for multiprecision). Numpy lets me create
member functions like 'cos' which get called elemenwise when I call cos(a)
on an object array a. However, this doesn't work for some functions, like
isnan.
Looking in the numpy code, I see in
numpy/core/code_generators/generate_umath.py that the type description for
isnan does not include objects (type 'M'). Every math ufunc takes objects
in the type description except the following ones:
isnan
isfinite
isinf
signbit
modf
Is there a reason for this? I want to be able to use my mpfr type with
scipy functions, but for example I can't use optimize.fmin_bfgs because it
calls isnan. Other scipy functions work great though,.
If there is a reason, how can I get around this?
In case I was not clear, here is a demonstration:
from scipy import cos, isnan, array
class myNumber:
def __init__(self, n):
self.n = n
def cos(self):
return cos(self.n)
def isnan(self):
return isnan(self.n)
a = array([myNumber(3)])
print "cos: %s" % str( cos(a) )
print "isnan %s" % str( isnan(a) )
which prints:
cos: [-0.9899924966]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./test.py", line 18, in <module>
print "isnan %s" % str( isnan(a) )
TypeError: function not supported for these types, and can't coerce safely
to supported types
Thanks,
Allan
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