It's not apparent from the headers, but this is the message I just posted to comp.lang.python.announce (which is moderated).
- Robert On Feb 2, 2010, at 2:53 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: > I'm happy to announce the release of Cython 0.12.1. > > == About == > > Cython is a language that makes writing C extensions for the Python > language as easy as Python itself. Cython is based on the well-known > Pyrex, but supports more cutting edge functionality and > optimizations.Cython is an ideal language for wrapping external C > libraries, and for fast C modules that speed up the execution of > Python code. For more information, see http://cython.org. > > == Where to get it == > > http://cython.org > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Cython > > == New Features == > > * Type inference improvements. > > There have been several bug fixes and improvements to the type > inferencer. > Notably, there is now a "safe" mode enabled by setting the infer_types > directive to None. (The None here refers to the "default" mode, which > will be the default in 0.13.) This safe mode limits inference to > Python object types and C doubles, which should speed up execution > without affecting any semantics such as integer overflow behavior like > infer_types=True might. There is also an infer_types.verbose option > which allows one to see what types are inferred. > > * The boundscheck directive works for lists and tuples as well as > buffers. > * len(s) and s.decode("encoding") are efficiently supported for char* > s. > * Cython's INLINE macro has been renamed to CYTHON_INLINE to reduce > conflict and has better support for the MSVC compiler on Windows. It > is no longer clobbered if externally defined. > * Revision history is now omitted from the source package, resulting > in a 85% size reduction. Running make repo will download the history > and turn the directory into a complete Mercurial working repository. > * Cython modules don't need to be recompiled when the size of an > external type grows. (A warning, rather than an error, is produced.) > This should be helpful for binary distributions relying on NumPy. > > Several other bugs and minor improvements have been made. This release > should be fully backwards compatible with 0.12. For a list of tickets > closed, see > http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/query?group=component&milestone=0.12.1 > > == Contributors to this release == > > * Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis > * Stefan Behnel > * Robert Bradshaw > * Lisandro Dalcin > * Julien Danjou > * Mark Lodato > * Dag Sverre Seljebotn > > Thanks also to the many who've submitted feedback and contributed to > discussions on the mailing list. _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
