[Numpy-discussion] untenable matrix behavior in SVN

[Alan G Isaac]

>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Gael Varoquaux apparently wrote:
>>> I don't see where you get your universality. 


> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:15:14AM -0400, Alan G Isaac 
> wrote:
>> Lists, tuples, arrays ... 
>> Where is the exception? 
>> Only matrices are the only 2d container I can 
>> think of that are broken this way. 


On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Gael Varoquaux apparently wrote:
> List and Tuples are not 2D containers. 


A list of lists is naturally conceived as 2d,
which is why you can initialize a 2d matrix
with a list of lists.

Try a Google search on "python two dimensional list"
to confirm that I am not promoting an anomalous view.

So I do not buy the way you are trying to parse
language here.  (Although I'm open to a fuller
argument.)

Cheers,
Alan