Re: [Cython] Operators for ctypedef struct

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:36:04 -0700 

2009/4/27 Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]>:
> On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
>
>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>
>>> That's because x[0] was always the same thing as (*x), even if a bit
>>> uglier. I'm not not as enthusiastic about it now (though not yet for
>>> sure set against it either...)
>>
>> The reason for not having a * operator in Pyrex was to
>> avoid possible ambiguities when parsing arguments to
>> function calls (since Python already assigns a meaning
>> to prefix * in that context).
>>
>> If you want to introduce a * operator you'll have to
>> deal with that somehow.
>
> Nice to know the original reasoning. Well, that's another strike
> against it, and in this case "two strikes you're out" is enough for me.
>
So, we should really use deref()?
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