Re: reshape() (was Re: Fw: Wrapup time)

Nathan Wiger wrote:
> Jeremy Howard wrote:
> >
> > RFC 203 defines a :bounds attribute that defines the maximum index of
each
> > dimension of an array. RFC 206 provides the syntax @#array which returns
> > these maximum indexes. For consistancy, the arguments to reshape()
should be
> > the maximum index of each dimension. A maximum index of '0' would mean
that
> > that dimension is 1 element wide. Therefore '0' can not be special in
> > reshape(). Therefore we should use '-1'.
>
> I agree with Christian, if you're going to use bounds(), this should be
> equal to the number of elements, NOT the number of the last element. So
> you would say "3" for 3 elements, even though they're numbered 0..2.
> This is the way other similar Perl ops work already:
>
>    $size = @a;    # 3
>    $last = $#a;   # 2
>
OK, I'm convinced. I'll change :bounds. I agree with Christian that it
should be renamed :shape in that case.