[Python-Dev] Matrix product

Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Wed Jul 30 10:29:36 CEST 2008


>> Further, while A**B is not so common, A**n is quite common (for
>> integral n, in the sense of repeated matrix multiplication). So a
>> matrix multiplication operator really should come with a power
>> operator cousin.
> 
> Which obviously should be @@ :-)

I think much of this thread is a repeat of conversations
that were held for PEP 225:
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0225/

That PEP is marked as deferred.  Maybe it's time to
bring it back to life.


Raymond


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