[Numpy-discussion] NaN, min, and max

[Keith Goodman]

I keep running into this problem:

>> import numpy.matlib as M
>> x = M.rand(3,3)
>> x[1,1] = M.nan
>> x

matrix([[ 0.94425407,  0.02216611,  0.999475  ],
        [ 0.40444129,         nan,  0.23264341],
        [ 0.24202372,  0.05344269,  0.37967564]])
>> x.max()
0.379675636032   <---- Wrong (for me)
>> x[1,1] = 0
>> x.max()
0.999474999444  <----- Beautiful! Look at all the tripple digits!

How do I add nanmax as a method of the matrix class? How would I
replace max with nanmax? Would I have to do that in every module of my
package if I want to access numpy.matlib as M instead of
packagename.M?