Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of ZeroRankArray

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02/17/06 20:50:17 (7 years ago)
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sasha
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Motivation for Array Scalars

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    3030 * Array scalars have different python type for different data types 
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     32== Motivation for Array Scalars == 
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     34Numpy's design decision to provide 0-d arrays and array scalars in addition to native python types goes against one of the fundamental python design principles that there should be only one obvious way to do it.  In this section we will try to explain why it is necessary to have three different ways to represent a number. 
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     36To be completed ...   
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    3339== Indexing of Zero-Rank Arrays ==