Henry Chen <taha...@gmail.com> added the comment:
The problem remains that the function can return a number or a list for input that is a list of numbers. This means the user will need to handle both possibilities every time, which is a heavy burden for such a simple function. SciPy's mode function does return the minimum mode when there is a tie, which as far as I can tell is an arbitrary choice. But in that context, since the input is almost always numerical, a minimum is at least well defined, which is not true for an input with a mix of types. For the general use case, the current behavior - raising an exception - in case of tie conveys the most information. ---------- nosy: +scotchka _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue28956> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
