On May 8, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Robert Kern wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Stefan Behnel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Robert Kern wrote: >>> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Robert Bradshaw >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> As mentioned in another thread, we are considering requiring Python >>>> 2.4 or greater to run the Cython compiler, mostly so we can use >>>> decorators in the compiler code. Is anyone still using Cython with >>>> this version of Python? >>> >>> We have been considering moving from Pyrex to Cython for part of >>> numpy. numpy will be remaining with Python 2.3 for some time.
Numpy and numpy-using code are very important targets for Cython. >> what Robert meant was: the compiler itself would no longer run on >> Py2.3, the >> generated code would still support it. So you would only need >> Py2.4 or later >> if you changed the code, not to compile and run the generated >> sources. >> >> Would that really impact numpy? > > I do not like being unable to develop with the platform we're > deploying on. This is a valid point. Also, as we work (via Dag's GSoC project for example) to make it easier to use numpy effectively from Cython, it does seem kind of odd to say "you need 2.3 to use NumPy, but 2.4 to use NumPy+Cython." I was finally starting to be convinced that moving to Py2.4 might be OK, but if it impacts our relation with SciPy then that is too high of a price to pay. Py2.4 features were suggested for convenience, not necessity. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
