John Reid wrote:
> On 24/03/11 20:14, Jim Bosch wrote:
>> If we start with boost/python/numpy, I think the most important tasks are:
>> - Add "object manager" classes for additional numpy types ("object
>> managers" are Boost.Python versions of Python types; right now
>> boost/python/numpy only supports the most important numpy types, like
>> numpy.ndarray and numpy.dtype). Most of these will be trivial, but there
>> may be a lot of them. We want complete coverage of the numpy C-API.
>> - Add additional methods to the numpy.ndarray object manager
>> (numpy.ndarray has a ton of methods in Python; I'm not sure all of them
>> need to be supported from C++ if we can do attr("method")())
>> - Fix conversions between numpy scalar types and C++ POD types (other
>> projects mentioned on this list have solved this at some level).
>> - Review and possibly revise the array-from-data API (i.e. how should
>> the user pass in shape and strides?)
>> - Review and possibly revise how the numpy C-API and its ugly
>> preprocessor macros are hidden.
>> - Add documentation.
>> - Integrate into the boost build system.
>
> Is support planned for boost::multi_arrays? If not, can I add my +1?
>
> John.
If we're considering support for various c++ libs, ones to consider might
include:
eigen
boost::multi_array
boost::ublas
nt2?
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