[Numpy-discussion] slow numpy.clip ?

[Robert Kern]

Charles R Harris wrote:

> I've been thinking about that a bit. One solution is to have a small 
> python program that takes all the pieces and writes one big build file, 
> I think something like that happens now. Another might be to use 
> includes in a base file; there is nothing sacred about not including .c 
> files or not putting code in .h files, it is just a convention, we could 
> even chose another extension.  I also wonder if we couldn't just link in 
> object files. The table of function pointers just needs some addresses 
> and, while the python convention of hiding all the function names by 
> using static functions is nice, it is probably not required. Maybe we 
> could use ctypes in some way?
> 
> I am not pushing any of these alternatives at the moment, just putting 
> them down. Maybe there are others?

None that I want to think about. #including separate .c files, leaving the 
extension alone, is best, IMO.

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Robert Kern

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