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[Johan Hake <hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

[snip]

> > Well, sending a numpy array to a Function is quite intuitive for
> > initialize a discrete function, at least for first timers that is used to
> > numpy and Python. And the result Evan got was definetly not a nice error
> > for this guess.
>
> The problem with this is that then one expects that when the Function
> is modified, then the array will be modified and vice versa. It won't
> since a Vector will be created with copied data.

I see this, and then it is maybee not a good idea to do this. But a first 
timer is not aware of this, but should be able to get this information from 
e.g. a docstring.

Johan