Elementwise -//- first release -//- Element-wise (vectorized)function, method and operator support f

[Nathan Rice]

Elementwise provides a proxy object for iterables which supports
chained method calls, as well as elementwise expressions and some
built-in functions.

Example:

class ExampleList(ElementwiseProxyMixin, list):
def __new__(cls, iterable):
return list.__new__(cls, iterable)
foo = ExampleList([1, 2, 3, 4])

# You could also do: efoo = ElementwiseProxy(foo)
efoo = foo.each

assert list(efoo.bit_length()) == [1, 2, 2, 3]
print "bit length: ", list(efoo.bit_length())
assert list(efoo + 1) == [2, 3, 4, 5]
print "with addition of 1: ", list(efoo + 1)
assert list(efoo * 2) == [2, 4, 6, 8]
print "with multiplication by 2: ", list(efoo * 2)
assert list(efoo == 2) == [False, True, False, False]
print "testing equality: ", efoo == 2
assert list((efoo + 1) * 2 + 3) == [7, 9, 11, 13]
print "chaining addition and multiplication: ", (efoo + 1) * 2 + 3

Each ElementwiseProxy also has a "parent" attribute so you can
backtrack in the chain as needed rather than store each intermediate
value, if you think you might need them.

There are still some issues with proper support of things like bool()
and int(), which refuse to return things that are not of the correct
type.

Get it:

PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/elementwise/0.111220
GitHub: https://github.com/nathan-rice/Elementwise

This was developed as a proof of concept for expanding the role of
element-wise syntax in python, and to that end I welcome comments.

Nathan Rice

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/elementwise/0.111220

Version 0.111220? What do you do, bump the version number after every
keystroke?

 

[Nathan Rice]

If you take a moment and examine the version number, you will notice
that it is a date code. In my opinion that is far more informative
than an arbitrary number. I use the major version number to
signify... Wait for it... Major changes

 

[MRAB]

Version 0.111220? What do you do, bump the version number after every
keystroke?

It looks like it's based on the date. I do something similar with the
regex module, except that _my_ version number is Y2K compliant.

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

If you take a moment and examine the version number, you will notice
that it is a date code.

Not any date code I'm familiar with. 0.111220 doesn't look anything like
a date to me.

Possibly if the last release was two thousand years ago. I'd rather stick
to actively maintained software, if it's all the same with you.

In my opinion that is far more informative than
an arbitrary number. I use the major version number to signify... Wait
for it... Major changes

Well, that's one opinion. Another opinion is that nobody cares what
specific day you release a new version, and that versions 0.191231 and
0.200101 probably aren't that big a difference.

 

[Paul Rubin]

Not any date code I'm familiar with. 0.111220 doesn't look anything like
a date to me.

0 is the major version number. 111220 (the minor version number) is the
date code, 2011-12-20 being today.

 

[Chris Angelico]

It looks like it's based on the date. I do something similar with the
regex module, except that _my_ version number is Y2K compliant.

The eight-digit date is a recognized entity. The truncated six-digit
form, much less so.

But either is better known than what PPWizard uses, which involves the
day-of-year...

ChrisA

 

[Nathan Rice]

Not any date code I'm familiar with. 0.111220 doesn't look anything like
a date to me.

Possibly if the last release was two thousand years ago. I'd rather stick
to actively maintained software, if it's all the same with you.

Date code != date.

Well, that's one opinion. Another opinion is that nobody cares what
specific day you release a new version, and that versions 0.191231 and
0.200101 probably aren't that big a difference.

Nobody cares about version numbers in general, except as a way to
fulfill dependencies. By using a date code, your versions are
guaranteed to sort in release order (which is nice, say if someone was
to download your software via FTP), you can tell what release has what
ticket fixes in an issue tracker, stuff like that. It also gives me
an easy way to be nostalgic about releases....

As for the extra "20" that I exclude, if I haven't updated the major
version number by the time 2020 rolls around I deserve any trouble it
causes

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

0 is the major version number. 111220 (the minor version number) is the
date code, 2011-12-20 being today.

Not here it isn't. It is yesterday.


Writing-from-Down-Under-ly y'rs,

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Nobody cares about version numbers in general, except as a way to
fulfill dependencies. By using a date code, your versions are
guaranteed to sort in release order (which is nice, say if someone was
to download your software via FTP), you can tell what release has what
ticket fixes in an issue tracker, stuff like that.

*blink*

It must be nice to have software with so few bugs that you can remember
the date you fixed each and every one just from the ticket number.


I don't actually care what version numbering scheme you use. I had just
never come across using part of a date as the version number before, and
I don't think that it is any more recognisable or sensible than any other
arbitrary numbering scheme. And it is arbitrary: the fact that you
happened to make a release on Tuesday rather than Wednesday doesn't have
any meaning (particularly if you're a night owl who is coding at
midnight) and yet you'll assign a different version number to it. To my
mind, the version number should encode (in some sense) the feature set,
not the date you release it.

It also has the serious disadvantage that you're limited to a single
release per day, unless you add an extra field to the version string.

But whatever floats your boat. I'm just glad that you've put your money
where your mouth is, and released the package, instead of demanding
others do the work. Thank you.

 

[Ethan Furman]

I'm just glad that you've put your money
where your mouth is, and released the package, instead of demanding
others do the work. Thank you.

+1000!

~Ethan~