[SciPy-Dev] `histogram2` and `signaltonoise` deprecation from `scipy.stats`

[Ralf Gommers]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:14 AM, Abraham Escalante <aeklant at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> As part of the StatistisCleanup milestone (which I aim to complete by late
> August) `scipy.stats.histogram2` and `scipy.stats.signaltonoise` are to be
> deprecated but of course, we would like to get opinions from the community.
>
> In short:
>
>    - `histogram2` is not well tested and is unnecessary since
>    `np.histogram2d` can be used instead.
>    - `signaltonoise` doesn't really belong in `scipy.stats` and it is
>    rarely used.
>
> For more details, please refer to issues #602 and #609.
>
> If you have an objection or any opinion regarding this please let me know
> to take it into account.
>

Here are the PRs from Abraham that deprecate these functions:
  https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/4656
  https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/4655

Barring any objections, those PRs will be merged soonish.

Ralf
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