On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Todd Miller wrote:

>  Two other issues come up trying to implement the "rank-0 experiment":
>  
>  1.  What should be the behavior of subscripting a rank-0 array?
>  
>  a.  Return the scalar value                         (what numarray does 
>  now.  seems inconsistent)

-0.5

>  b.  Raise an exception

+1

>  c.  Return a copy  of the rank-0 array

-1

>  2.  What's a decent notation for .asScalar()?
>  
>  a.  a[ <subscript_resulting_in_rank0> ][0]                (what numarray 
>  does now)

+-0, just be consistent.

>  b.  a[ <subscript_resulting_in_rank0> ]()                  (override 
>  __call__)

-1

>  c.  a[ <subscript_resulting_in_rank0> ].asScalar()  

+0.5


Pearu



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