[Numpy-discussion] Proposal for matrix_rank function in numpy

[David Warde-Farley]

Hi Gael,

On 16-Dec-09, at 2:16 PM, Gael Varoquaux wrote:

> I was under the impression that we should
> direct users who have linalg problems to scipy, as it can do much  
> more.


I agree about pushing users in that direction, but I think that's  
mostly a consequence of all the wrapped Fortran routines that already  
exist there. If this thing can be implemented in a short Python  
function I don't see the harm in having it in NumPy.

David