[Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread David Cournapeau
Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of course concern the next release cycle, not the ones where beta/rc are already in progress. Basically, the pros: - we will have to move at some point - gcc 4.* seem

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread Peter
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:02 PM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of course concern the next release cycle, not the ones where beta/rc are already in

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Peter numpy-discuss...@maubp.freeserve.co.uk wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:02 PM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread Jim Vickroy
On 10/27/2011 7:02 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of course concern the next release cycle, not the ones where beta/rc are already in progress. Basically, the pros:

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Jim Vickroy jim.vick...@noaa.gov wrote: Hi David, What is the msvcr90 vodoo you are referring to? gcc 3.* versions don't have stubs to link against recent versions of MS C runtime, so we have to build them by ourselves. 4.x series don't have this issue,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread josef . pktd
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:02 AM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of course concern the next release cycle, not the ones where beta/rc are already in

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread Ralf Gommers
Hi David, On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:02 PM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of course concern the next release cycle, not the ones where beta/rc are already

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Moving to gcc 4.* for win32 installers ?

2011-10-27 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM, josef.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:02 AM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if we could finally move to a more recent version of compilers for official win32 installers. This would of course concern the next

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NA masks in the next numpy release?

2011-10-27 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Travis Oliphant oliph...@enthought.com wrote: So, I am very interested in making sure I remember the details of the counterproposal.    What I recall is that you wanted to be able to differentiate between a bit-pattern mask and a boolean-array mask in the

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NA masks in the next numpy release?

2011-10-27 Thread Travis Oliphant
That is a pretty good explanation. I find myself convinced by Matthew's arguments.I think that being able to separate ABSENT from IGNORED is a good idea. I also like being able to control SKIP and PROPAGATE (but I think the current implementation allows this already). What is the

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NA masks in the next numpy release?

2011-10-27 Thread Charles R Harris
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Travis Oliphant oliph...@enthought.comwrote: That is a pretty good explanation. I find myself convinced by Matthew's arguments.I think that being able to separate ABSENT from IGNORED is a good idea. I also like being able to control SKIP and PROPAGATE

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NA masks in the next numpy release?

2011-10-27 Thread Travis Oliphant
As I mentioned. I find the ability to separate an ABSENT idea from an IGNORED idea convincing.In other words, I think distinguishing between masks and bit-patterns is not just an implementation detail, but provides a useful concept for multiple use-cases. I understand exactly what it

Re: [Numpy-discussion] NA masks in the next numpy release?

2011-10-27 Thread Benjamin Root
On Thursday, October 27, 2011, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Travis Oliphant oliph...@enthought.com wrote: That is a pretty good explanation. I find myself convinced by Matthew's arguments.I think that being able to separate ABSENT