[Numpy-discussion] Release of NumPy

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 06:02:53PM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Stéfan van der Walt apparently wrote:
> > I showed you exactly where your proposal breaks down -- 
> > numerous times: x[0] is no longer the same as x[0,:] 

> And as I explained back: this is a good thing (TM).
> There is no need for these to be the same.

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> What it gains is that x[i][j] == x[i,j].

I am sorry, I don't see why you prioritize "x[i][j] == x[i,j]" (1) more than 
"x[0] == x[0,:]" (2).

For me it is the other way around, because we should be encouraging users
not to use "x[i][j]", which is a very poor way of indexing compared to
"x[i,j]". The first requires two __getitem__ calls and an object
creation, whereas the first requires only one, and no object creation.

Gaël