[Cython] array.array and PIL directly ?

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Robert wrote:
> I've put a array.pxd here:
> http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/ticket/314
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> Cython direct interface to Python's array.array type (builtin module).
> 
>      * 1D contiguous data view
>      * 2D views - contigious or [x,y] transposed/strided
>      * tools for fast array creation, maximum C-speed and handiness
>      * suitable as allround light weight auto-array within Cython 
> code too
> 
>      See also: array_example.pyx and doc strings
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> Tests needed. just used it in 2.6 so far.

Wow, great! That's a lot more sophistication than I imagined in there :-)

Tests would be needed before inclusion though, as you already have demo 
code it should be easy to add. Given that someone writes tests for this 
(perhaps I even do it myself if I need to) I think it's safe to say that 
this can enter Cython (in 0.11.3 or 0.12).

Small nitpick: It would be good if you could use /* */ comments in the 
.h-file as // is not portable.

> PS: For 2.3 a need arose for conditional compilation within the pxd.
> http://docs.cython.org/docs/language_basics.html#conditional-compilation
> doesn't seem to allow comparison against the python version so far? )

The problem is that the Python that runs Cython is not always the Python 
that the C file is compiled against...

I think just dropping Py 2.3 for this feature would be OK.

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