From e76ddf9d16ad52f4fa054a900541f43e13e8f6e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Wiebe Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:28:57 -0500 Subject: NEP: missing-data: Add numpy.ma to the glossary --- doc/neps/missing-data.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/neps/missing-data.rst b/doc/neps/missing-data.rst index 2056d3661..cefd0a9d0 100644 --- a/doc/neps/missing-data.rst +++ b/doc/neps/missing-data.rst @@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ mask boolean or enum array parallel to the data array is used to signal which elements are NA or IGNORE. +numpy.ma + The existing implementation of a particular form of masked arrays, + which is part of the NumPy codebase. + ******************************** Missing Values as Seen in Python ******************************** @@ -602,7 +606,7 @@ value algorithms easier. Hard Masks ========== -The existing masked array implementation has a "hardmask" feature, +The numpy.ma implementation has a "hardmask" feature, which prevents values from ever being unmasked by assigning a value. This would be an internal array flag, named something like 'arr.flags.hardmask'. -- cgit v1.2.1