Hi everyone, I just uploaded a second beta for the upcoming Cython 0.23. Please give it some more testing as there were substantial code changes since the first beta.
You can get the signed release from here: http://cython.org/release/ http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.23b2.tar.gz http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.23b2.zip SHA1 sums: 1d12e335116ba3fcbe731d83ccc5ee5f0f6e5371 Cython-0.23b2.tar.gz 6f063e6b08b6dbecbadd44ed6c6150bc799fa230 Cython-0.23b2.zip Changes since beta 1 (in addition to general bug fixes): * The builtin ``type`` type is now declared as PyTypeObject in source, allowing for extern functions taking type parameters to have the correct C signatures. Note that this might break code that uses ``type`` just for passing around Python types in typed variables. Removing the type declaration provides a backwards compatible fix. * Support operator bool() for C++ classes so they can be used in if statements. * Installation under CPython 3.3+ no longer requires a pass of the 2to3 tool. This also makes it possible to run Cython in Python 3.3+ from a source checkout without installing it first. Patch by Petr Viktorin. * Coverage analysis and async/await were adapted to recent changes in coverage.py and CPython. Complete changelog follows below. Since we're in beta phase now, new features should not generally be added for the release any more, but we can make exceptions for currently existing pull requests if you can provide a good motivation. If you think we forgot something, sending a timely reply to this email or reviving an existing mailing list thread or pull request is a good idea. Have fun, Stefan Features added -------------- * PEP 492 (async/await) was implemented. See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0492/ * PEP 448 (Additional Unpacking Generalizations) was implemented. See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0448/ * Support for coverage.py 4.0+ can be enabled by adding the plugin "Cython.Coverage" to the ".coveragerc" config file. * Annotated HTML source pages can integrate (XML) coverage reports. * Tracing is supported in ``nogil`` functions/sections and module init code. * When generators are used in a Cython module and the module imports the modules "inspect" and/or "asyncio", Cython enables interoperability by patching these modules during the import to recognise Cython's internal generator and coroutine types. This can be disabled by C compiling the module with "-D CYTHON_PATCH_ASYNCIO=0" or "-D CYTHON_PATCH_INSPECT=0" * When generators or coroutines are used in a Cython module, their types are registered with the ``Generator`` and ``Coroutine`` ABCs in the ``collections`` or ``collections.abc`` stdlib module at import time to enable interoperability with code that needs to detect and process Python generators/coroutines. These ABCs were added in CPython 3.5 and are available for older Python versions through the ``backports_abc`` module on PyPI. See https://bugs.python.org/issue24018 * Adding/subtracting/dividing/modulus and equality comparisons with constant Python floats and small integers are faster. * Binary and/or/xor/rshift operations with small constant Python integers are faster. * When called on generator expressions, the builtins ``all()``, ``any()``, ``dict()``, ``list()``, ``set()``, ``sorted()`` and ``unicode.join()`` avoid the generator iteration overhead by inlining a part of their functionality into the for-loop. * Keyword argument dicts are no longer copied on function entry when they are not being used or only passed through to other function calls (e.g. in wrapper functions). * The ``PyTypeObject`` declaration in ``cpython.object`` was extended. * The builtin ``type`` type is now declared as PyTypeObject in source, allowing for extern functions taking type parameters to have the correct C signatures. Note that this might break code that uses ``type`` just for passing around Python types in typed variables. Removing the type declaration provides a backwards compatible fix. * ``wraparound()`` and ``boundscheck()`` are available as no-ops in pure Python mode. * Const iterators were added to the provided C++ STL declarations. * ``NULL`` is allowed as default argument when embedding signatures. This fixes ticket 843. * When compiling with ``--embed``, the internal module name is changed to ``__main__`` to allow arbitrary program names, including those that would be invalid for modules. Note that this prevents reuse of the generated C code as an importable module. * External C++ classes that overload the assignment operator can be used. Patch by Ian Henriksen. * Support operator bool() for C++ classes so they can be used in if statements. Bugs fixed ---------- * Calling "yield from" from Python on a Cython generator that returned a value triggered a crash in CPython. This is now being worked around. See https://bugs.python.org/issue23996 * Language level 3 did not enable true division (a.k.a. float division) for integer operands. * Functions with fused argument types that included a generic 'object' fallback could end up using that fallback also for other explicitly listed object types. * Relative cimports could accidentally fall back to trying an absolute cimport on failure. * The result of calling a C struct constructor no longer requires an intermediate assignment when coercing to a Python dict. * C++ exception declarations with mapping functions could fail to compile when pre-declared in .pxd files. * ``cpdef void`` methods are now permitted. * ``abs(cint)`` could fail to compile in MSVC and used sub-optimal code in C++. Patch by David Vierra, original patch by Michael Enßlin. * Buffer index calculations using index variables with small C integer types could overflow for large buffer sizes. Original patch by David Vierra. * C unions use a saner way to coerce from and to Python dicts. * When compiling a module ``foo.pyx``, the directories in ``sys.path`` are no longer searched when looking for ``foo.pxd``. Patch by Jeroen Demeyer. * Memory leaks in the embedding main function were fixed. Original patch by Michael Enßlin. * Some complex Python expressions could fail to compile inside of finally clauses. Other changes ------------- * Changed mangling scheme in header files generated by ``cdef api`` declarations. * Installation under CPython 3.3+ no longer requires a pass of the 2to3 tool. This also makes it possible to run Cython in Python 3.3+ from a source checkout without installing it first. Patch by Petr Viktorin. _______________________________________________ cython-devel mailing list cython-devel@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cython-devel
