[SciPy-dev] Definition of class multiarray

[Robert Kern]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 13:45, David Goldsmith<d_l_goldsmith at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> OK, tried to figure it out myself, but:
>
> Do ndarray.<method>s which have an "equivalent" numpy.<method> actually call the numpy method to operate on self?

Note that the latter are called functions, not methods. Where there is
an equivalence, the function calls the method, not vice versa. Take a
look at the source of numpy.std, for instance.

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Robert Kern

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