Terminology: use 'array' for general case, 'matrix' only for 2D arrays? about core.matrix

[mikera]

I agree.

Just a couple of caveats:

• We should be careful about using array in situations where it might be confused with Java arrays. nd-array is probably better in such cases.
• I still like "core.matrix" as the overall name (it's the common use case, it's less likely to cause confusion comparered to "core.array" and it's also much cooler....)

[mjwillson]

Agreed re confusion with java arrays.
Perhaps easiest to use nd-array everywhere in the API then, or were you proposing to abbreviate it to array in certain non-confusing situations?

[mikera]

array is a better word.

I think we should use array wherever we can. Just be ready to prefix it with ND where it is necessary to avoid confusion. This probably applies to docstrings mostly, but might also make sense in some API names (like an NDArray record type, for example).

[mikera]

Closed as I think the terminiology has now been updated in relevant places.