SciRuby/sciruby — Issue #4: Numeric array and matrix spec
Author: mohawkjohn
Created: 2011-11-01 18:42:45+00:00
State: open
Labels: approved feature

In an rspec, document minimum expectations for the following:

* 1D array
* 2D array
* vector
* matrix
* data frame

Lean toward current GSL syntax.

John Prince began the spec: https://github.com/SciRuby/sciruby/blob/generic_numeric_array/spec/sciruby/nvector_spec.rb

However, we first need to decide on a unified interface for matrices and vectors. For example, should 2D arrays be matrices? Should all arrays and matrices be fundamentally the same type?

See the following threads:
* [Musings on matrices](http://groups.google.com/group/sciruby-dev/browse_thread/thread/618ed83c774f9c53)
* [Google+ posting](https://plus.google.com/108379995018215027591/posts/gDgHJfQu8gV)