[Numpy-discussion] checking for array type in C extension

[Berthold Hoellmann]

Hello,

I do have problems for checking for integer array types in a C extension
under Windows. I've put together a small example to illustrate the
problem:

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hoel@pc090498 ~/pytest $ cat tst.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include "Python.h"
#include "numpy/arrayobject.h"
#define TRY(E) (E) ; if(PyErr_Occurred()) {fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); return NULL;}
static PyObject*
inttest_cfunc (PyObject *dummy, PyObject *args) {
  PyArrayObject *array;
  TRY(PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!:inttest", &PyArray_Type, &array));
  fprintf(stderr, "PyArray_TYPE(array): %ld; NPY_INT: %ld\n", PyArray_TYPE(array), NPY_INT);
  if (PyArray_TYPE(array) == NPY_INT) { fprintf(stderr, "found NPY_INT\n");
  } else {                              fprintf(stderr, "NPY_INT not found\n"); }
  Py_RETURN_NONE;
}

static PyMethodDef mymethods[] = {
  { "inttestfunc", inttest_cfunc, METH_VARARGS, "Doc string"},
  {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL} /* Sentinel */
};

PyMODINIT_FUNC
inittst(void) {
  (void)Py_InitModule("tst", mymethods);
  import_array();
}

hoel@pc090498 ~/pytest $ python setup.py build
running build
...

hoel@pc090498 ~/pytest $ cat xx.py
import tst, sys
import numpy as np
print >>sys.stderr, np.__version__, np.__path__
tst.inttestfunc(np.array((1,2),dtype=np.int))
tst.inttestfunc(np.array((1,2),dtype=np.int8))
tst.inttestfunc(np.array((1,2),dtype=np.int16))
tst.inttestfunc(np.array((1,2),dtype=np.int32))
tst.inttestfunc(np.array((1,2),dtype=np.int64))

hoel@pc090498 ~/pytest $ PYTHONPATH=build/lib.win32-2.5/ python xx.py
1.4.1 ['C:\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\numpy']
PyArray_TYPE(array): 7; NPY_INT: 5
NPY_INT not found
PyArray_TYPE(array): 1; NPY_INT: 5
NPY_INT not found
PyArray_TYPE(array): 3; NPY_INT: 5
NPY_INT not found
PyArray_TYPE(array): 7; NPY_INT: 5
NPY_INT not found
PyArray_TYPE(array): 9; NPY_INT: 5
NPY_INT not found

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NPY_INT32 is 7, but shouldn't NPY_INT correspond to numpy.int. And what
kind of int is NPY_INT in this case?

Kind regards

Berthold Höllmann
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Berthold Höllmann
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