[Numpy-discussion] C API

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Charles R Harris wrote:
> All,
>
> I added a function to array_api_order.txt and apparently this changed 
> the order of the pointers in the API, which caused ctypes to segfault 
> until I removed the build directory and did a complete rebuild. It 
> seems to me that if we really want to make adding these API functions 
> safe, then we should only have one list instead of the current two. 
> This looks to require some mods to the build system. What do folks think?
Yes, or a simple solution is to only append to one of the lists.   At 
the very least,  we should mark the array_api_order as not appendable. 

-Travis