Sasha wrote:

> It looks like what you want is a zero-stride array that I proposed
> some time ago. See "zeros in strides" thread
> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9629046&forum_id=4890>.
> 
> I've posted a patch to the list, but it was met with a mild opposition
> from Travis, so I've never committed it to SVN.    The final word was:
> 
> """
> I would also like to get more opinions about Sasha's proposal for
> zero-stride arrays.
> 
> -Travis
> """
> 
> If you agree that zero-stride array would provide the functionality
> that you need, it may tip the ballance towards accepting that patch.
>   
> 
(-1)  The proposal add complexity.  I don't see the compensating benefit.

Colin W.

> 
> On 2/27/06, Alan G Isaac <aisaac@[...].edu> wrote:
>   
> 
> >The recent discussion of Matlab's repmat
> >plus some recent use of grids leads me to ask:
> >should numpy contain a true repeated array object,
> >where one single copy of the data supports
> >a full set of array operations?  (So that,
> >e.g., repmat(x,(3,2)) would simply point
> >to the x data or, if desired, make a single
> >copy of it.)
> >
> >And actually this seems a special case of
> >a truly space-saving Kronecker product.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Alan Isaac
> >
> >
> >
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