[SciPy-dev] Inclusion of cython code in scipy

[Bruce Southey]

Hi,
Surely Alan McIntyre's project (Cython-based enhancements to NumPy:
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/psf/appinfo.html?csaid=CDEB395EBA2BB1D8
) for Google of Summer Code will be a result in a maintained base for
everyone who wants to include it.

Bruce


On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Anne Archibald
>  <peridot.faceted@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  >  What do people think about including cython code in scipy?
>  >
>  >  Pros:
>  >  * Easy way to write faster code
>  >  * Convenient way to interface to compiled code
>  >
>  >  Cons:
>  >  * Yet another interfacing setup
>  >  * Yet another language readers of the code need to understand
>  >  * Additional dependency for developers
>  >  * cython is in flux and drastic improvements in its handling of numpy
>  >  arrays are hoped for
>  >  * Requires support in build tools (distutils/makefiles/scons magic)
>
>  Well, we already have SWIG code in scipy and even Pyrex code in numpy.
>  The way we have handled it thus far is to make developers check in the
>  generated code. The setup scripts refer to the generated C files
>  rather than the real sources. In most places, though, the lines to
>  derive directly from the real sources are just commented out so
>  developers can switch between them if they are touching that code.
>  Checking in generated sources into source control is evil, frankly,
>  but it resolves some of these headaches and replaces them with only
>  lesser ones.
>
>  I am all for your using Cython. Keep track of the version that you are
>  using in a comment near the top of the file to warn other developers
>  to use the same version or otherwise coordinate on upgrading.
>
>  --
>  Robert Kern
>
>  "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
>  enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
>  though it had an underlying truth."
>   -- Umberto Eco
>
>
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