[SciPy-Dev] scipy.io matlab reader - things to change before 0.8.0

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

> We agree then for the second change, can you say why you think we
> should wait another major version for the first change?   I can't
> think of a way of upgrading the warning, and it's been there for over
> a year now.
>
> Yes, I know about the time period. I know we went over this type of thing
> with histogram function of numpy but scipy is much slower in changing and is
> still in a 'beta' stage. I would check with Robert and Jarrod what they
> think should happen here.

OK - I will go ahead with the original plan in the next few days
unless I hear arguments against in the meantime.

> Also, I think the tests should be silenced from this warning by adding the
> additional arguments to MatFile5Reader. For example,
>
> rdr = MatFile5Reader(stream, struct_as_record = False) # test_mio.py  line
> 633
>
> If that is correct, then I can file a patched test_mio.py for most of those.
> There are a couple of other places that I have not determined the cause for
> those warnings.

Thanks for the patch - I've applied a version - no warnings during
matlab read / write tests for me now.

Best,

Matthew