[Numpy-discussion] Scalar-ndarray arguments passed to not_equal

[josef.pktd@gmai...]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Keith Goodman <kwgoodman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Friedrich Romstedt
> <friedrichromstedt@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hey! You broke my numpy  :)
>>>
>>>>> def addbug(x, y):
>>>   ...:     return x - y
>>>   ...:
>>>>> old_funcs = np.set_numeric_ops(add=addbug)
>>>>> np.array([1]) + np.array([1])
>>>   array([0])
>> Yea, that's what I meant.  Great.
>>
>> :-) :-)
>
> Who needs to type np.dot when you can do:
>
>>> def dotmult(x, y):
>   ....:     return np.dot(x, y)
>   ....:
>>> old_funcs = np.set_numeric_ops(multiply=dotmult)
>>>
>>> np.array([1, 2, 3]) * np.array([1, 2, 3])
>   14
>
> I can see many bugs coming my way...

especially if this is global monkey patching, there might be some
surprised users

Josef
(Ruby, here we come)


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