[SciPy-dev] Renaming scipy_core ???
Fernando Perez
Fernando.Perez at colorado.edu
Mon Jan 2 11:17:26 EST 2006
Travis Oliphant wrote:
>>I've been happy with the name "numerix" in matplotlib. It is intended
>>to connote "Numeric" in plural, eg numeric, numarray and (now) scipy
>>core. Also, the import abbrev
>>
>> import numerix as nx
>>
>>is a good mnemonic and is less likely to clash with the local
>>namespace than other popular historical choices
>>
>>
>
> I like the numerix name. My only concern is would that mess up the use
> of numerix as a superset of all the array packages? Perhaps that would
> be a "good thing" :-)
I'm also +1 on numerix (I'd forgotten about it, but I've always liked it).
There seems to be some consensus building on this one, at least from the votes
today.
Even though I like a lot the idea of naming it just 'nx' as Robert suggested,
I think that nx is too likely to collide with codes that have (nx,ny,nz)
variables in them (quite common). Leaving the actual package name as
'numerix' allows everybody to choose a local shorthand that doesn't cause name
collisions in their own namespace.
So my vote is
+1 numerix -> the new scipy_core name
+1 ndarray -> the new name for the actual array package
with the possibility that, in the future, ndarray may be pitched for inclusion
in the core.
Cheers,
f
ps - Travis, thanks for humoring my concerns on this at such a late time.
Your patience is much appreciated.
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