[Numpy-discussion] coercion for array-like objects for ufuncs

[Tim Hochberg]

Hi Chris,

I believe that all you should have to do is define an __array__ function
similar to that in UserArray;

    def __array__(self,t=None):
        if t: return asarray(self.array,t)
        return asarray(self.array)

Replace self.array with whatever you are calling your contained array.

Regards,

-tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Myers" <myers at tc.cornell.edu>
To: <numpy-discussion at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: [Numpy-discussion] coercion for array-like objects for ufuncs


> I have a Python object that contains a NumPy array (among other
> things), and I'd like it to behave like an array in certain
> circumstances.  (For example, I can define __getitem__ on the class so
> that the underlying NumPy array is indexed.)
>
> I'd like to be able to act on such an object with a ufunc, but am
> stymied.  For example, if y is an instance of this array-like class of
> mine, then I get a type error if I try a reduction on it:
>
> >>> Numeric.minimum.reduce(y)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: function not supported for these types, and can't coerce to
supported types
>
>
> Is there a way I can effect this coercion?  I guess I'd prefer not to
> have to inherit from UserArray.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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