Can you produce a testcase for this issue?  It is *critical* for fast
symbolics in Sage, so I would prefer to fix the bug as opposed to reverting.
I see the problem now, but I will need the test cases you are using to
produce a fix.  Once I have them it should be a relatively easy patch.

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Gary Furnish wrote:
> > This patch adds extra logic to code generation to sort dependencies to
> > guarantee that C code is generated in the right order for circular cdef
> > imports.  It does NOT solve python circular import issues.
> > a.pyx: cimport b
> > b.pyx: cimport a
> > Is thus legal, but you can not reference a or b in the global namespace
> of
> > b.pyx or a.pyx (such as to instantiate a class).
> > This patch also modifies cython to output the exact line in the C code
> where
> > an exception was thrown in addition to the currently displayed pyx file
> and
> > line.  This enables significantly faster developmental debugging.
> > Finally it splits module initialization into two phases: one that
> initiates
> > types and handles imports, and another that executes python commands at
> the
> > global namespace level.  This will be more useful as Cython starts to
> assume
> > more advanced optimization and code generation features
> > The patch is available at:
> > http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/2655(the<http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/2655%28the>third
> >  attachment
> > only) and is based against 0.9.6.12,
> > although I can rebase if needed.  I am hoping this can be merged into
> > Cython.
>
> The patch doesn't work for me. When I fix the problems with the header
> file
> generation, I end up with C code that defines the "__pyx_obj_*" class
> structs
> in the wrong order. Note that there are no circular dependencies involved
> in
> my case and that the two classes where the problem occurs are defined in
> the
> same source file (although their highest base class is defined in a
> separate
> file, not sure if that matters.
>
> Personally, seeing all problems I have with this patch and not really
> seeing a
> clear gain, I would just revert the patch for now.
>
> Stefan
>
>
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