[Numpy-discussion] untenable matrix behavior in SVN

[Alan G Isaac]

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, "Travis E. Oliphant" apparently wrote:
> I'm not personally persuaded by the iteration argument, because we can 
> change iteration independently of mapping (__getitem__) access. 


Would that not impose another deviation from array behavior?
I just do not see the purpose.

I support .row and .cols iterators (returning submatrices),
and have included the idea for some time on the discussion
page <URL:http://www.scipy.org/MatrixIndexing>.

Cheers,
Alan