CHG: Rename reduce method in polytemplate to cutdeg. Reduce is just too

much like a ufunc and a bit vague.

4 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst
index fb7bbc43e..68314c488 100644
--- a/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ polynomial.polynomial
   derivations is a non-negative integer. The number 0 is a valid value for both
   functions.
 * A degree method has been added to the Polynomial class.
-* A reduce method has been added to the Polynomial class. It operates like
+* A cutdeg method has been added to the Polynomial class. It operates like
   truncate except that the argument is the desired degree of the result,
   not the number of coefficients.
 * The fit class function of the Polynomial class now uses None as the default
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ polynomial.chebyshev
   derivations is a non-negative integer. The number 0 is a valid value for both
   functions.
 * A degree method has been added to the Chebyshev class.
-* A reduce method has been added to the Chebyshev class. It operates like
+* A cutdeg method has been added to the Chebyshev class. It operates like
   truncate except that the argument is the desired degree of the result,
   not the number of coefficients.
 * The fit class function of the Chebyshev class now uses None as the default
diff --git a/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py b/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py
index 2a57a517f..1f17593dd 100644
--- a/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py
+++ b/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ class $name(pu.PolyBase) :
         """
         return len(self) - 1
 
-    def reduce(self, deg) :
-        """Reduce the degree of the series.
+    def cutdeg(self, deg) :
+        """Truncate series to the given degree.
 
         Reduce the degree of the $name series to `deg` by discarding the
         high order terms. If `deg` is greater than the current degree a
diff --git a/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_chebyshev.py b/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_chebyshev.py
index 17970ccc1..a893921ce 100644
--- a/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_chebyshev.py
+++ b/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_chebyshev.py
@@ -402,13 +402,13 @@ class TestChebyshevClass(TestCase) :
     def test_degree(self) :
         assert_equal(self.p1.degree(), 2)
 
-    def test_reduce(self) :
-        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.reduce, .5)
-        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.reduce, -1)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(3)), 3)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(2)), 3)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(1)), 2)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(0)), 1)
+    def test_cutdeg(self) :
+        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.cutdeg, .5)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.cutdeg, -1)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(3)), 3)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(2)), 3)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(1)), 2)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(0)), 1)
 
     def test_convert(self) :
         x = np.linspace(-1,1)
diff --git a/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_polynomial.py b/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_polynomial.py
index c8edcd308..1b8c0f8a5 100644
--- a/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_polynomial.py
+++ b/numpy/polynomial/tests/test_polynomial.py
@@ -373,13 +373,13 @@ class TestPolynomialClass(TestCase) :
     def test_degree(self) :
         assert_equal(self.p1.degree(), 2)
 
-    def test_reduce(self) :
-        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.reduce, .5)
-        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.reduce, -1)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(3)), 3)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(2)), 3)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(1)), 2)
-        assert_equal(len(self.p1.reduce(0)), 1)
+    def test_cutdeg(self) :
+        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.cutdeg, .5)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, self.p1.cutdeg, -1)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(3)), 3)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(2)), 3)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(1)), 2)
+        assert_equal(len(self.p1.cutdeg(0)), 1)
 
     def test_convert(self) :
         x = np.linspace(-1,1)