Hi, On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: > > > On Saturday, February 18, 2012, Matthew Brett wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Travis Oliphant <tra...@continuum.io> >> wrote: >> >> > We will need to see examples of what Mark is talking about and clarify >> > some >> > of the compiler issues. Certainly there is some risk that once code is >> > written that it will be tempting to just use it. Other approaches are >> > certainly worth exploring in the mean-time, but C++ has some strong >> > arguments for it. >> >> The worry as I understand it is that a C++ rewrite might make the >> numpy core effectively a read-only project for anyone but Mark. Do >> you have any feeling for whether that is likely? >> > > Dude, have you seen the .c files in numpy/core? They are already read-only > for pretty much everybody but Mark.
I think the question is whether refactoring in C would be preferable to refactoring in C++. > All kidding aside, is your concern that when Mark starts this that no one > will be able to contribute until he is done? I can tell you right now that > won't be the case as I will be trying to flesh out issues with datetime64 > with him. No - can I refer you back to the emails from David in particular about the difficulties of sharing development in C++? I can find the links - but do you remember the ones I'm referring to? See you, Matthew _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
