Background estimation with a custom callable statistic #263
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This PR continues the work done in #255 and #253, enabling the user to provide a custom callable for background calculation. The primary changes are:
The
statisticargument in theBackgroundinitializer now accepts"average","median", or a custom callable. The callable should accept anumpy.ma.MaskedArrayas input and must also support anaxisargument.The
bkg_statistickeyword inBackground.bkg_spectrum()is now deprecated and triggers a warning if used. Instead, thestatisticargument in theBackgroundinitializer should be used.I'd prefer to include these changes in a bugfix release (v1.5.2), which is why I've opted to deprecate rather than remove the
bkg_statisticargument. However, the current implementation ignores thebkg_statisticargument, meaning that although the API itself hasn't technically changed, the code's behaviour has.Let me know your thoughts on this approach or if you have suggestions for handling this differently.