[Numpy-discussion] recarray fun

[Stéfan van der Walt]

2008/5/1 Travis E. Oliphant <oliphant@enthought.com>:
>  > OK, I see your point.  I'm working on a patch that does the following:
>  >
>  > def view(type_or_dtype=None, dtype=None, type=None):
>  >     if type_or_dtype:
>  >          if dtype:
>  >              raise ValueError("Cannot specify dtype twice")
>  >          if type:
>  >              raise ValueError("Cannot specify type twice")
>  >
>  >         if isinstance(type_or_dtype,py_type):
>  >             type = type_or_dtype
>  >
>  >         if isinstance(type_or_dtype,numpy_dtype):
>  >             dtype = type_or_dtype
>  >
>  >     return x.view(type=type).view(dtype=dtype)
>  >
>  > Would that be a satisfying solution?  I'll be back around 21:00 SAST
>  > to attend to the matter.
>  >
>
>  Yes, I think that would work.   You need to do some checking for
>  type=None and dtype=None as well, though.
>
>  That way, the first argument would continue to work as now but be
>  labeled correctly, but it would also support dtype= and type= keywords.

Please review http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/changeset/5117.

Thanks
Stéfan