[Cython] cython-devel: array declaration problems with current trunk

[Dag Sverre Seljebotn]

Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
> Current cython-devel trunk broke my code, for example, try to run
> cython on this snippet:
> 
> cdef extern from *:
> 
>     cdef void foo(int[])
> 
>     ctypedef int MyInt
>     cdef void foo(MyInt[])
> 
>     struct MyStruct:
>         pass
>     cdef void bar(MyStruct[])
> 
>     ctypedef MyStruct* MyStructP
>     cdef void baz(MyStructP[])
> 
> 
> I get error messages like (just the first shown):
> 
> Error converting Pyrex file to C:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> cdef extern from *:
> 
>     cdef void foo(int[])
> 
>     ctypedef int MyInt
>     cdef void foo(MyInt[])
>                       ^
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> /u/dalcinl/Devel/Cython/sandbox/arrdecl.pyx:6:23: Buffer types only
> allowed as function local variables
> 

OK this is fixed now. Apologies.

(The fix rules out empty [] for buffer access, but this fits in with the 
latest buffer discussion of "auto-acquire if enough defaults are 
provided".).

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Dag Sverre