[Numpy-discussion] bad generator behaviour with sum

[Charles R Harris]

Hi Christopher,

On 8/27/06, Charles R Harris <charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> On 8/27/06, listservs at mac.com <listservs at mac.com> wrote:
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> > It seems like numpy.sum breaks generator expressions:
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> > In [1]: sum(i*i for i in range(10))
> > Out[1]: 285
> >
> > In [2]: from numpy import sum
> >
> > In [3]: sum(i*i for i in range(10))
> > Out[3]: <generator object at 0x10eca58>
> >
> > Is this intentional? If so, how do I get the behaviour that I am after?
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> In [3]: sum([i*i for i in range(10)])
> Out[3]: 285
>
> Chuck
>

The numarray.sum also fails to accept a generator as an argument. Because
python does and the imported sum overwrites it, we should probably check the
argument type and make it do the right thing.

Chuck
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