Christopher Barker wrote:
[...]
> As for ctypes vs. pyrex -- I find it ironic that you've chosen pyrex for 
> dependency reasons -- there are lot of folks that using ctypes to asve 
> the hassles of compiliation, particularly on Windows (see geoGjango, for 
> instance). But I guess MPL required compilation anyway.

Not just dependency reasons.  When I tried to use Jeff's version with 
Shapely, I had to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib for ctypes to find 
my geos library.  I couldn't find any cleaner way to do it, and I don't 
consider that acceptable.  Is there a clean way to tell ctypes where a 
library is?  I was surprised it was not even checking that standard 
location.

Also, pyrex does a *lot* more than ctypes, and I think Jeff will tell 
you he has put that power to good use in his new basemap version.

Eric

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