[SciPy-dev] Changing API for kmeans in scipy.cluster ?

[David Cournapeau]

Hi,

    I would like to know if it is ok to slightly change the API of 
kmeans in scipy.cluster ? For my package pyem, it would be practical for 
kmeans to return the observed book, that is an index array describing 
the class' membership.
    This can trivially done by returning it as a third argument (it is 
already computed in the current implementation); as the function already 
returns a list of arrays, I believe it would be backward compatible with 
the current version. If nobody has any objection, I can make the change 
in the subversion repository,

    cheers,

    David