Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-16 Thread Travis Oliphant
Thomas Heller wrote: > Robert Kern wrote: > >> Francesc Altet wrote: >> >>> A Divendres 09 Juny 2006 11:54, Albert Strasheim va escriure: >>> >>> Just out of curiosity: In [1]: x = N.array([]) In [2]: x.__array_data__ Out[2]: ('0x01C23EE0', False) >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-16 Thread Francesc Altet
A Divendres 16 Juny 2006 21:25, Thomas Heller va escriure: > Robert Kern wrote: > > Like how Win64 uses 32-bit longs and 64-bit pointers. And then there's > > signedness. Please don't use Python ints to encode pointers. Holding > > arbitrary pointers is the job of CObjects. > > (Sorry, I'm late in

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-16 Thread Thomas Heller
Robert Kern wrote: > Francesc Altet wrote: >> A Divendres 09 Juny 2006 11:54, Albert Strasheim va escriure: >> >>>Just out of curiosity: >>> >>>In [1]: x = N.array([]) >>> >>>In [2]: x.__array_data__ >>>Out[2]: ('0x01C23EE0', False) >>> >>>Is there a reason why the __array_data__ tuple stores the

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-10 Thread Andrew Straw
OK, here's another (semi-crazy) idea: __array_struct__ is the interface. ctypes lets us use it in "pure" Python. We provide a "reference implementation" so that newbies don't get segfaults. ___ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sou

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Tim Hochberg
David M. Cooke wrote: >On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:03:32 -0700 >Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Tim Hochberg wrote: >> >> >> >>>Which of the following should we require for an object to be "supporting >>>the array interface"? Here a producer is something that supplies >>>array_s

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread David M. Cooke
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:03:32 -0700 Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Hochberg wrote: > > >Which of the following should we require for an object to be "supporting > >the array interface"? Here a producer is something that supplies > >array_struct or array_interface (where the latter

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Andrew Straw
Tim Hochberg wrote: >Which of the following should we require for an object to be "supporting >the array interface"? Here a producer is something that supplies >array_struct or array_interface (where the latter is the Python level >version of the former as per recent messages). Consumers do som

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Tim Hochberg
Which of the following should we require for an object to be "supporting the array interface"? Here a producer is something that supplies array_struct or array_interface (where the latter is the Python level version of the former as per recent messages). Consumers do something with the results

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Tim Hochberg
Travis Oliphant wrote: >Tim Hochberg wrote: > > > >>I was going to say that it may help to think of array_interface as >>returning a *view*, since that seems to be the semantics that could >>probably be implemented safely without too much trouble. However, it >>looks like that's not what happ

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread David M. Cooke
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:08:51 -0600 Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Hochberg wrote: > > > Sasha wrote: > > > >> On 6/8/06, David M. Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > >> > >> My problem with __array_struct__ returning either a tuple or a CObject > >> is that array prot

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Andrew Straw
Travis Oliphant wrote: > Andrew Straw wrote: > >> On the one hand, I feel we should keep __array_struct__ behaving >> exactly as it is now. There's already lots of code that uses it, and >> it's tremendously useful despite (because of?) it's simplicity. For >> these of use cases, the __array_de

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Travis Oliphant
Tim Hochberg wrote: >I was going to say that it may help to think of array_interface as >returning a *view*, since that seems to be the semantics that could >probably be implemented safely without too much trouble. However, it >looks like that's not what happens. array_interface->shape and stri

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Tim Hochberg
Sasha wrote: >On 6/9/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>... In NumPy this is not quite the rule followed. >>Bascially attributes are used when getting or setting intrinsinc >>"properties" of the array. Attributes are used for properties that are >>important in defining what

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Andrew Straw
On the one hand, I feel we should keep __array_struct__ behaving exactly as it is now. There's already lots of code that uses it, and it's tremendously useful despite (because of?) it's simplicity. For these of use cases, the __array_descr__ information has already proven unnecessary. I must sa

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Sasha
On 6/9/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... In NumPy this is not quite the rule followed. > Bascially attributes are used when getting or setting intrinsinc > "properties" of the array. Attributes are used for properties that are > important in defining what an array *is*. The

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
On 6/9/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... In NumPy this is not quite the rule followed. > Bascially attributes are used when getting or setting intrinsinc > "properties" of the array. Attributes are used for properties that are > important in defining what an array *is*. The

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Travis Oliphant
Tim Hochberg wrote: > Sasha wrote: > >> On 6/8/06, David M. Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> ... >>> +0 for name change; I'm happy with it as an attribute. >>> >>> >> >> My rule of thumb for choosing between an attribute and a method is >> that attribute access should not create new

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Tim Hochberg
Sasha wrote: >On 6/9/06, Tim Hochberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Sasha wrote: >>... >> >> >>>My rule of thumb for choosing between an attribute and a method is >>>that attribute access should not create new objects. >>> >>> >>> >>Conceptually at least, couldn't there be a single

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Travis Oliphant
Albert Strasheim wrote: >Hello all > > > >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:numpy- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Oliphant >>Sent: 08 June 2006 22:27 >>To: numpy-discussion >>Subject: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6 >> >>... >> >>I wou

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Sasha
On 6/9/06, Tim Hochberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shouldn't pure python implementations > just provide __array__? > You cannot implement __array__ without importing numpy. ___ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Sasha
On 6/9/06, Tim Hochberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sasha wrote: > ... > >> > >My rule of thumb for choosing between an attribute and a method is > >that attribute access should not create new objects. > > > Conceptually at least, couldn't there be a single __array_interface__ > object associated

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Robert Kern
Francesc Altet wrote: > A Divendres 09 Juny 2006 11:54, Albert Strasheim va escriure: > >>Just out of curiosity: >> >>In [1]: x = N.array([]) >> >>In [2]: x.__array_data__ >>Out[2]: ('0x01C23EE0', False) >> >>Is there a reason why the __array_data__ tuple stores the address as a hex >>string? I wo

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Tim Hochberg
Sasha wrote: >On 6/8/06, David M. Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>... >>+0 for name change; I'm happy with it as an attribute. >> >> >> >My rule of thumb for choosing between an attribute and a method is >that attribute access should not create new objects. > Conceptually at least, co

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Francesc Altet
A Divendres 09 Juny 2006 11:54, Albert Strasheim va escriure: > Just out of curiosity: > > In [1]: x = N.array([]) > > In [2]: x.__array_data__ > Out[2]: ('0x01C23EE0', False) > > Is there a reason why the __array_data__ tuple stores the address as a hex > string? I would guess that this representa

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-09 Thread Albert Strasheim
Hello all > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:numpy- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Oliphant > Sent: 08 June 2006 22:27 > To: numpy-discussion > Subject: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6 > > ... > > I would like to eliminate all the other

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-08 Thread Sasha
On 6/8/06, David M. Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > +0 for name change; I'm happy with it as an attribute. > My rule of thumb for choosing between an attribute and a method is that attribute access should not create new objects. In addition, to me __array_interface__ feels like a generali

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-08 Thread Tim Hochberg
Sasha wrote: >On 6/8/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>... >>__array_struct__ (perhaps we could call this __array_interface__ but >>I'm happy keeping the name the same too.) >> >> > >+0 on the name change and consider making it a method rather than an attribute. > > I'

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-08 Thread David M. Cooke
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 17:07:55 -0400 Sasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/8/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > __array_struct__ (perhaps we could call this __array_interface__ but > > I'm happy keeping the name the same too.) > > +0 on the name change and consider making

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Array Protocol change for Python 2.6

2006-06-08 Thread Sasha
On 6/8/06, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > __array_struct__ (perhaps we could call this __array_interface__ but > I'm happy keeping the name the same too.) +0 on the name change and consider making it a method rather than an attribute. > > If __array_struct__ is a CObject the