[Numpy-discussion] Adapting algorithm to accept Scipy sparse matrix

[Steve Lianoglou]

Hi David,

> The "worst" problem I encountered is that sparse matrices do not  
> seem to support the kind of indexing I need. At least I get  
> "NotImplementedError: sequence indexing not yet fully supported"  
> and "<sparse matrix type> supports slices only of a single row"  
> errors all the time.

I agree .. this is kind of sucky. There was a (short) thread (I  
think) a few weeks ago that had mentioned something about doing more  
work on the sparse matrix stuff, but I can't seem to find it.

The day when we'll have a unified interface to normal/dense matrices  
and sparse matrices will be a great day indeed ... well, ok, at least  
a pretty darn good day ...

-steve