[Numpy-discussion] What is an empty matrix ?

[Nils Wagner]

David Cournapeau wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     I was wondering what an empty matrix is, and what it is useful for 
> (by empty matrix, I mean something created by numpy.matrix([])) ? Using 
> those crash some functions (see for example scipy ticket #381), and I am 
> not sure how to fix this bug.
>
>     David
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>   
empty(...)
    empty((d1,...,dn),dtype=float,order='C')

    Return a new array of shape (d1,...,dn) and given type with all its
    entries uninitialized. This can be faster than zeros.

Nils