[Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-dev] Weave, numpy, external libraries and conflicting typedefs

[Travis Oliphant]

Fernando Perez wrote:

>On 7/7/06, Travis Oliphant <oliphant at ee.byu.edu> wrote:
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>>Also, (in latest SVN)  the MAXMIN macros can be avoided using
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>>#define PYA_NOMAXMIN
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>>before including arrayobject.h
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>Mmh, this looks crufty to me: special cases like these look bad in a
>library, and break the 'just works' ideal we all strive for, IMHO.
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But, it fixes the problem he's having without breaking anybody else's 
code that uses the MAX / MIN macros, already.

Besides, the PY_ARRAY_TYPES_PREFIX business is a lot more crufty.

I'm not opposed to putting a *short* prefix in front of everything (the 
Int32, Float64, stuff came from numarray which now has it's own 
back-ward compatible header where it could be placed now anyway).   
Perhaps npy_  would be a suitable prefix. 

That way we could get rid of the cruft entirely.

I suppose we could also provide the noprefix.h header that defines the 
old un-prefixed cases for "backwards NumPy compatibility".

-Travis