[Numpy-discussion] Quick Question about Optimization

[Christopher Barker]

James Snyder wrote:
> b = np.zeros((1,30)) # allocates new memory and disconnects the view

This is really about how python works, not how numpy works:

np.zeros() -- creates a new array with all zeros in it -- that's the 
whole point.

b = Something -- binds the name "b" to the Something object. Name 
binding will never, ever, change the object the name used to be bound 
to. This has nothing to do with whether the object formally know as "b" 
is referencing the data from another array.

This is a nice write up of the concept of name binding in Python:

http://python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/objectthink.html


-Chris

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