[Numpy-discussion] Index array confusion...
Todd Miller
jmiller at stsci.edu
Mon Dec 16 07:01:01 EST 2002
Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
>Magnus Lie Hetland <magnus at hetland.org>:
>[snip]
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>>This seems like a bug to me. The assignment ought to swap the tails of
>>the sequences, as is the case with lists, but with numeric arrays,
>>some weird form of overwriting occurs. I guess this may be an
>>optimization (i.e. to avoid making copies), but it is rather
>>confusing. What do you think?
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>Even stranger:
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>>>>a = zeros([5])
>>>>b = ones([5])
>>>>p = 2
>>>>tail_a = a[p:]
>>>>tail_b = b[p:]
>>>>a[p:] = tail_b
>>>>b[p:] = tail_a
>>>>a, b
>>>>
>>>>
>(array([0, 0, 1, 1, 1]), array([1, 1, 1, 1, 1]))
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>I suppose this is due to sharing of slices somehow? I.e:
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This looks to me like the same problem, just performing the effects of
the tuple copy one step at a time. The key is that the "tails" are
views and not copies.
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>>>>a = ones([5])
>>>>b = a[:]
>>>>b[2] = 0
>>>>a
>>>>
>>>>
>array([1, 1, 0, 1, 1])
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>I have to use the copy method here, I guess?
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Yes. array[ slice ] --> a view of a subarray.
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>>>Todd
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