On 31.03.2017 15:51, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Mar 31, 2017 1:15 AM, "Ralf Gommers" <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com > <mailto:ralf.gomm...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Ralf Gommers > <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com <mailto:ralf.gomm...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:33 PM, Julian Taylor > <jtaylor.deb...@googlemail.com > <mailto:jtaylor.deb...@googlemail.com>> wrote: > > I have two ideas under one big important topic: make numpy > python3 > compatible. > > The first fits pretty well with the grant size and nobody > wants to do it > for free: > - fix our text IO functions under python3 and support multiple > encodings, not only latin1. > Reasonably simple to do, slap encoding arguments on the > functions, > generate test cases and somehow keep backward compatibility. > Some > prelimary unfinished work is in > https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4208 > <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4208> > > > I like that idea, it's a recurring pain point. Are you > interested to work on it, or are you thinking to advertise the > idea here to see if anyone steps up? > > > More thoughts on this anyone? Or preferences for this idea or the > numpy.org <http://numpy.org> one? Submission deadline is April 3rd > and we can only put in one proposal this time, so we need to (a) > make a choice between these ideas, and (b) write up a proposal. > > If there's not enough replies to this so the choice is clear cut, I > will send out a poll to the core devs. > > > Do we have anyone interested in doing the work in either case? That > seems like the most important consideration to me... > > -n >
I could do the textio thing if no one shows up for numpy.org. I can probably check again what is required in the next few days and write a proposal. The change will need reviewing in the end too, should that be compensated too? It feels weird if not. _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
