[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #605: Incorerdct behaviour of numpy.hiistogram

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#605: Incorerdct behaviour of numpy.hiistogram
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 Reporter:  Elby       |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  1.0.4   
Component:  numpy.lib  |     Version:  none    
 Severity:  normal     |    Keywords:          
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 The behavior of numpy.histogram is not consistent with its doc string :
  - doc string says that, with a range argument, values outside of this
 range are allocated to the closest bin.
  - in fact values below the range are simply ignored.

 There was a discussion on this subject on the scipy.user mailing list:
 http://groups.google.com/group/scipy-
 user/browse_frm/thread/3b3166e2200f846b/d6040fb6b659c6dd?hl=fr&lnk=gst&q=histogram#d6040fb6b659c6dd

 IMHO, the current behavior of numpy.histogram, that is assuming that
 values below the range are outliers, is not what a neophyte is waiting
 for, and should be clearly stated.

 Besides, the user should have the possibility to choose what to do with
 values outside the range : just ignoring them is not a good idea in most
 of the case I've seen.

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