[SciPy-dev] 'O' type arrays and containers as values...

[Fernando Perez]

Travis Oliphant wrote:

> I just added the special-case check so that now single-item assignment 
> works as expected
> for object arrays.   It's in SVN.

Many thanks, Travis.  You made the right choice :)

> It's still ambiguous as to what to do with initialization from container 
> types.
> 
> For example,
> 
> array([[1,2,3],[3,4,5]],'O') produces an 2x3 array of integer objects.  
> Or did you want a 1x2 array of list objects?
> 
> Not sure how to fix that one without a special-purpose object array 
> creation function that fixes the shape.

Yes, this one is nasty.  I'd say leave it, because it will match most closely 
the behavior of the default constructor, and honestly I can't think of a 
better approach.   But I think fixing the assignment problem was a real wart, 
not an inherent ambiguity as in this case.

Best,

f