[Numpy-discussion] Re: [SciPy-user] [numarray issue] nonzero? Comments on new name solicited
Pearu Peterson
pearu at cens.ioc.ee
Mon May 5 13:27:07 EDT 2003
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Perry Greenfield wrote:
> Any objections to using "at"? Any better suggestions.
For me 'wheretrue' sounds most accurate but I agree, it's longish.
Its short form 'where' is less accurate (because of its general
meaning) but not too confusing.
At first, 'at' confused me a little... until I figured out its long
version 'trueat'.
Hmm, I have always assumed that 'nonzero(x)' means elementwise
'not not x' (like Python __nonzero__ is equivalent to 'not not') and
therefore never felt the need to use it.
But now I see I was wrong! So, 'nonzero' sounded and still
sounds misleading for me.
For 'nz' I am -1 because 'nz' can often be a suitable variable name.
In summary, I would like 'trueat' the most and 'nonzero' the least.
'where' and 'at' (in that order) are somewhere in between.
Pearu
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