Ivan Vilata i Balaguer wrote: > En/na Colin J. Williams ha escrit:: > > >> I'm afraid I'm still baffled. Are you saying that your proposal is >> necessary >> to preserve compatibility with Python versions before 2.3? Otherwise, it >> appears >> to introduce clutter with no clear benefit. >> >> I don't find Numexpr in NumPy, are you referring to a scipy module? >> > > From http://www.scipy.org/SciPyPackages/NumExpr: > > The scipy.sandbox.numexpr package supplies routines for the fast > evaluation of array expressions elementwise by using a vector-based > virtual machine. It's comparable to scipy.weave.blitz (in Weave), > but doesn't require a separate compile step of C or C++ code. > > If your SciPy package doesn't include it, you can get a checkout from > the repository:: > > $ svn co http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy/trunk/Lib/sandbox/numexpr > > Numexpr is not usable under Python <= 2.4 since it uses decorators (and > maybe for other reasons), so my proposal clearly hasn't the intention on > Python 2.3 compatibility. Instead, it is a simplification of Numexpr's > type system by stricter boolean types. > > I suggest that you try Numexpr. It is a great piece of software. Cheers, > > :: > > Ivan Vilata i Balaguer >qo< http://www.carabos.com/ > Cárabos Coop. V. V V Enjoy Data > > Ivan,
Many thanks for this. It's a long time since I looked at SciPy, though I will look at Numexpr. Currently, I'm focusing on Numpy. Colin W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
