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| author | Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz <jfoxrabinovitz@gmail.com> | 2016-03-14 23:06:46 -0400 |
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| committer | Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz <jfoxrabinovitz@gmail.com> | 2016-03-16 05:49:37 -0400 |
| commit | 8869c1ace77affefff75c8a772edb2983b68a015 (patch) | |
| tree | 839c61a8bd82416f4b943486e16b139bec8b533a /doc | |
| parent | 127eb9e7a4fb79668e62d1a50cf428fb7e7bf18e (diff) | |
| download | numpy-8869c1ace77affefff75c8a772edb2983b68a015.tar.gz | |
DOC: Updated documentation to reflect changes to bin estimators.
Described ad nauseum the relationship between `range` parameter and bin estimation.
Updated formulas for estimators now that they are returning bin widths.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release/1.12.0-notes.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release/1.12.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.12.0-notes.rst index 38e5e4338..35ce3ae4a 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.12.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.12.0-notes.rst @@ -128,15 +128,17 @@ but that can be overwritten by people making binary distributions of numpy. Improvements ============ -*np.loadtxt* now supports a single integer as ``usecol`` argument -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +``np.loadtxt`` now supports a single integer as ``usecol`` argument +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Instead of using ``usecol=(n,)`` to read the nth column of a file it is now allowed to use ``usecol=n``. Also the error message is more user friendly when a non-integer is passed as a column index. -Additional estimators for ``histogram`` -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Added 'doane' and 'sqrt' estimators to ``histogram`` via the ``bins`` argument. +Improved automated bin estimators for ``histogram`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Added 'doane' and 'sqrt' estimators to ``histogram`` via the ``bins`` +argument. Added support for range-restricted histograms with automated +bin estimation. ``bitwise_and`` identity changed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -157,8 +159,8 @@ Assignment of ndarray object's ``data`` attribute Assigning the 'data' attribute is an inherently unsafe operation as pointed out in gh-7083. Such a capability will be removed in the future. -Unsafe int casting of the num attribute in linspace -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Unsafe int casting of the num attribute in ``linspace`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``np.linspace`` now raises DeprecationWarning when num cannot be safely interpreted as an integer. |