[Numpy-discussion] Proposal for matrix_rank function in numpy

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

> +1 for the function but we can not shorten the name because of existing
> numpy.rank() function.

I don't feel strongly about the name, but I imagine you could do

from numpy.linalg import rank as matrix_rank

if you weren't using the numpy.linalg namespace already...

Best,

Matthew