Hello all In [1]: import numpy as N
In [3]: N.dtype({'names' : ['x', 'y'], 'formats' : [N.intc, N.float64]}, align=True) Out[3]: dtype([('x', '<i4'), ('', '|V4'), ('y', '<f8')]) The reason you might not have discovered this: In [2]: N.dtype? Type: type Base Class: <type 'type'> String Form: <type 'numpy.dtype'> Namespace: Interactive File: c:\python24\lib\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py Docstring: <no docstring> Cheers, Albert > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:numpy- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Wiechert > Sent: 15 September 2006 16:14 > To: numpy-discussion > Subject: [Numpy-discussion] PyArray_DescrConverter - alignment / > trailingunused bytes > > Hi list, > > I'm using PyArray_DescrConverter with a dict object to create a "struct- > like" > dtype from C. > As the struct contains different data types I run into "unaligned access" > problems. > Is there a way to force alignment or to get trailing unused bytes in the > dtpye? > > Thanks, Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion