[Numpy-discussion] Improving Docs on Wiki

[dieter h]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Sebastian Haase <haase at msg.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> read relow...
>  > NumpyDocstrings category on the wiki, and suggest that we organise the
>  > functions underneath it according to their numpy subpackage, e.g.
>  >
>  > scipy.org/NumpyDocstrings/core/sort
>  >
>  > If you need to know where a function belongs, use IPython's "?" to inspect it:
>  >
>  > In [4]: np.core.sort?
>  > [...]
>  > File:
>  > /Users/stefan/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py
>  > [...]
>  >
>
>  Comment:  I have read the module- or directory-name "core" many times
>  on this list, however: Who really knows where a given functions
>  belongs ?  Isn't that mostly only the numpy svn commiters ?
>  In other words, using only the python side of numpy,  someone (like
>  myself) would NOT know that sort is inside "core" !
>
>  Also: since >>> import numpy as N; N.sort  refers already to that same sort:
>  >>> N.core.sort
>  <function sort at 0x01BACB30>
>  >>> N.sort
>  <function sort at 0x01BACB30>
>
>  I would prefer not to require "core" sub-sub-page.
>  Instead, every name <X> that is accessible as N.<X> should be
>  documented without extra sub-page.
>
>  My 2 cents.
>  Thanks,
>  Sebastian

Thats just a for placement. We can create all sorts of direct indexes,
categories and cross-references, etc...

-dieter
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