[Numpy-discussion] untenable matrix behavior in SVN

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Gael Varoquaux wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:49:50AM -0500, Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
>   
>> As the number of special-case work-arounds grows the more I'm convinced 
>> the conceptualization is wrong.   So, I now believe we should change the 
>> a[i] for matrices to return a 1-d array.  
>>     
>
>   
>> The only down-side I see is that a[i] != a[i,:] for matrices.   
>> However,  matrix(a[i]) == a[i,:], and so I'm not sure there is really a 
>> problem, there.
>>     
>
> I think we have simply replaced one problem by another one. I think this
> is a bad route to go. 
The problem is that I know exactly what the problem we are replacing, 
but I have no idea only vagueries about the problem we are getting.  So, 
in the short term, it seems like the right thing to do, because we 
aren't preventing a change to RowVector/ColumnVector in the future.

-Travis