[Numpy-discussion] why numarray.inputarray?

[Todd Miller]

On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 17:03, verveer at embl.de wrote:
> > > 2. Redefine asarray() as calling array() with copy=1.  Tim's right.  
> > > It's a better name than inputarray() and we want it for backward 
> > > compatibility anyway. 
>  
> In that case a copy is always made, right? You only want a copy when a 
> conversion is done, otherwise a reference should be returned. That is the 
> current behaviour with 0.8 and so does Numeric, if I recall well. 

I misspoke here.  It's correct in CVS.

Thanks,
Todd

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