[Numpy-discussion] function name as parameter

[Robert Kern]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 16:49, Zachary Pincus <zachary.pincus@yale.edu> wrote:

> But why not have the user just pass in the relevant optObject from the
> pyOpt namespace (or some restricted namespace that just has the
> relevant functions exposed)? E.g.
> my_analysis.perform(optimizer=pyOpt.Amoeba)
> rather than
> my_analysis.perform(optimizer='Amoeba')

+11ty-billion

> This lets users do introspection on the pyOpt namespace to see what
> functions they can choose from, which is rather friendlier in an
> interactive environment.

Or implement their own without having to modify pyOpt.

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Robert Kern

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