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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> numpy-discussion
numpy-discussion
Re: [Numpy-discussion] Behavior of array scalars
by David M. Cooke other posts by this author
Feb 17 2006 4:21PM messages near this date
Re: [Numpy-discussion] Behavior of array scalars | Re: [Numpy-discussion] Behavior of array scalars
Travis Oliphant <oliphant@[...].edu>  writes:

>  Consider...
> 
>  a = rand(5,5)
>  b = mat(a)
> 
>  a += b
> 
>  What do you think the type of a now is?  What should it be?
> 
>  Currently,  this code would change a from an array to a matrix because
> 
>  add(a,b,a) returns a matrix.
> 
>  I'm thinking that we should establish the rule that if output arrays
>  are given, then what is returned should just be those output arrays...

+1.

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