[Numpy-discussion] [C++-sig] Overloading sqrt(5.5)*myvector

[Konrad Hinsen]

On Jan 7, 2008, at 19:57, Travis E. Oliphant wrote:

> Alternatively, the generic scalar operations should probably not be so
> "inclusive" and should allow the other object a chance to perform the
> operation more often (by returning NotImplemented).

That would be great. In fact, this has been (and still is) the #1  
problem for me in moving from Numeric to NumPy: as soon as I have  
NumPy scalar objects circulating in my programs, everything that  
behaves like a sequence gets converted to an array in math operations.

Konrad.
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