[Numpy-discussion] users point of view and ufuncs

[Sasha]

On 8/24/06, Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
>[snip] it would be
> nice to add a concise definition of "ufunc" to the numpy glossary:
> http://www.scipy.org/Numpy_Glossary.
>

done

> Can anyone come up with such a definition?

I copied the definition from the old Numeric manual.

>  Here's my stab at it:
>
>        ufunc:  A function that operates element-wise on arrays.
>
This is not entirely correct.  Ufuncs operate on anything that can be
passed to asarray: arrays, python lists, tuples or scalars.