On Jun 23, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:

> (This is mostly to keep you posted, though if you disagree on the  
> negative
> index thing then speak up).
>
> I posted a thread on the NumPy mailing list which got much response. I
> updated the buffer spec accordingly as how I would like it myself  
> now. In
> particular:
>
> - Anne Archibald convinced me about the need for negative index  
> support:
>
> http://projects.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2008-June/ 
> 035079.html

Thanks for posting there. He's convinced me too. That unsigned int  
trick is a nice one.

> (You can nest yourself to the rest of the thread from there if  
> interested.
> Note especially that unsigned datatypes will be used rather than  
> pragmas
> to flag positive indices)
>
> - Nobody complained about the [float64, 2]-syntax.

No one has come up with anything better either, so lets run with it.

- Robert

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