[Numpy-discussion] discussion about array.resize() -- compare to numarray

[Russell E Owen]

In article 
<bc657ead0701041629i4f9e2fddg26efac5256bde3cb at mail.gmail.com>,
 "Sebastian Haase" <seb.haase at gmx.net> wrote:

> On 1/4/07, Sebastian Haase <haase at msg.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> <snip>
> > >>> N.__version__
> > '1.0.2.dev3487'
> >
> > in any case:  inside the script it somehow generated a nan  --- is
> > there a bug in numpy !?
> 
> No bug here ! see below !
> 
> > I remember that there was some discussion about resize  !?
> > What should I add to the Scipy Wiki   numarray page about this  ?
> > (   http://www.scipy.org/Converting_from_numarray  )
> >
> 
> OK - the reference problem in my interactive shell came from the
> implicit '_' variable that always references the last result. But
> maybe even more worry some for the converting from numarray is this:
> >>> a = N.array([5])
> >>> 999  # to kill '_' - reference
> 999
> >>> a.resize(2)
> >>> a
> [5 0]
> 
> in numarray you would get
> >>> a = na.array([5])
> >>> a.resize(2)
> [5 5]
> >>> a
> [5 5]
> 
> !! why is numpy filling with 0s and numarray repeats (cycles I think
> is more what it does !) the last element(s) ??
> 
> How did numeric do this ?

Here's what I get for Numeric 24.2:

>>> import Numeric as N
>>> a = N.array([5])
>>> a
array([5])
>>> a.resize(2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: cannot resize an array that has been referenced or is 
referencing
  another array in this way.  Use the resize function.
>>> N.resize(a, 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-pac
kages/Numeric/Numeric.py", line 422, in resize
    total_size = multiply.reduce(new_shape)
ValueError: dimension not in array
>>> N.resize(a, [2])
array([5, 5])