[Numpy-discussion] array not appending

[David Cournapeau]

Prashant Saxena wrote:
>
> ST = np.empty((), dtype=np.float32)
> ST = np.append(ST, 10.0)
>
> This works, is it proper way to do so?
>
> One more prob
>
> ST.size returns 2.
>
> Why? I have added only one element.

You added one element to an array which as already one element. Empty
does not mean that the array has no items (which is not possible AFAIK),
but that the values are 'empty' (more exactly, they are undefined
values, since the memory emplacement has not been initialized).

David