Consider this: ``` a = af.constant(0., d0=3, d1=3) a[1,1] = 1. ``` This one makes the whole second row into 2s: `a[a>0.] = 2.` While pavanky's trick gives the correct result: ``` cond = a>0 a = a*(1-cond)+cond*2. ``` Update: this also gives wrong results: `a[af.algorithm.where(a>0.)] = 2.`