[Numpy-discussion] Asymmetry in Chebyshev.deriv v. Chebyshev.integ

[Charles R Harris]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:42 PM, David Goldsmith <d.l.goldsmith@gmail.com>wrote:

> >>> np.version.version
> '1.4.0'
> >>> c = np.polynomial.chebyshev.Chebyshev(1)
> >>> c.deriv(1.0)
> Chebyshev([ 0.], [-1.,  1.])
> >>> c.integ(1.0)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "<string>", line 441, in integ
>   File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\numpy\polynomial\chebyshev.py", line
> 739,
> in chebint
>     k = list(k) + [0]*(m - len(k))
> TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'
> >>> c.integ(1)
> Chebyshev([ 0.,  1.], [-1.,  1.])
>
>
I don't think it should accept a float when an integer is needed. That said,
I should either raise a more informative error or folks should convince me
that floats are a reasonable input for the number of integrations.

Chuck
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