[Numpy-discussion] the mean, var, std of empty arrays

[Charles R Harris]

What should be the value of the mean, var, and std of empty arrays?
Currently

In [12]: a
Out[12]: array([], dtype=int64)

In [13]: a.mean()
Out[13]: nan

In [14]: a.std()
Out[14]: nan

In [15]: a.var()
Out[15]: nan

I think the nan comes from 0/0. All of these also raise warnings the first
time they are called.

Chuck
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