On Feb 16, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: > On 16 February 2010 17:35, Dag Sverre Seljebotn > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Chris Colbert wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> When coding for the scikits.image project, we are making extensive >>> use >>> of Cython. It would be nice to have algorithms that work on multiple >>> datatypes (numpy dtypes) without having to hand code everything. So, >>> i've been toying around with how a simple templating syntax might >>> look. >>> >>> I've thrown this up on pastebin: >>> >>> http://pastebin.com/f1a49143d >>> >>> I would think (but really i have no idea) that this would be >>> possible to >>> have Cython do during cythonization. But I could implement a >>> templating >>> script that does it, just as proof of concept. >>> >>> What do you all think of that? >> >> I'm happy for any effort done in the area in general. But I'm kind of >> lukewarm to actually having your proposal into Cython as it stands. >> In >> my mind there's two seperate concepts. >> >> 1) String-based templating >> 2) Proper language templates >> >> 2) has been discussed pretty much in the past and is something we >> really >> want to have in Cython. However it is something closer to C++ >> templates >> or Java generics and would look quite different from the syntax you >> propose. >> >> Your syntax is good for string-based templating (which is what you >> seem >> to propose), however for that I think it is just as well to use a >> proper >> templating engine and not couple Cython into it at all. I.e. write >> the >> files using e.g. proper Cheetah templates, then use a script to >> turn it >> into pyx (i.e. what you propose, but without the prospect of >> building it >> into Cython, and without (re)inventing yet another templating >> language). >> > > I agree.
I'll second this as well. Using NumPy's templating sounds like a good option for you. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
