FW: [Numpy-discussion] typecodes in numarray

[Todd Miller]

Chris Barker wrote:

>Francesc Alted wrote:
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>>So, as numarray has to work with previous python versions, 
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>Why? Anyone using NumArray is either starting from scratch or porting
>from Numeric, so having to port to a newer version of Python is a very
>small deal. 
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Just to make it very clear:  numarray-0.4 and up require Python-2.2 or 
higher.  

Up until numarray-0.4 (released in November),  that was not the case, 
and numarray ran (and was tested!) on Python-2.0 and higher.

The desire to increase C-level Numeric compatability and to improve 
simple indexing speed led us to a C baseclass, which is only supported 
in Python-2.2 and  up.

Todd