[SciPy-Dev] least squares solvers

[Robert Kern]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 09:47, Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote:
>
> Why is the non-linear LS solver in sp.optimize called leastsq, whereas
> the linear solver in sp.linalg is called lstsq? Wouldn't a consistent
> name be better?

I personally don't think so. I prefer that different functions that do
different things with different signatures have different names.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
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