Hello, On Feb 16, 2008 9:14 PM, dmitrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > I intend to connect some C code to Python for some my purposes. > What is the best software for the aim? > Is it numpy.ctypes or swig or something else? > IIRC ctypes are present in Python since v2.5, so it's ok to use just > ctypes, not numpy.ctypes, or some difference is present?
I would definitely recommend ctypes. numpy.ctypes is just some extra code to make it easier to use NumPy arrays with ctypes. It's not a standalone thing. There are some example of what you can do with the ctypes support in NumPy here: http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Ctypes Look for ndpointer. > Another one question: if I'll translate a fortran code to C via f2c, > which % of speed down should I expect (in average, using gfortran and > gcc)? Afaik it contains operations with sparse matrices. Depending on what you want to do exactly, you might consider wrapping the Fortran code using f2py instead of translating it to C. You could also build the Fortran code as a shared library and wrap it using ctypes. Regards, Albert _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
