Hi, numpy.ctypes uses ctypes to work, it consists of some additional utility functions.
There was a discussion on this some time ago (SWIG, ctypes, ...) with David (C.), Gaƫl and others. Why translating some code to C ? Why not using f2py ? Matthieu 2008/2/16, dmitrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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? > > 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. > > Thank you in advance, > D. > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@scipy.org > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > -- French PhD student Website : http://matthieu-brucher.developpez.com/ Blogs : http://matt.eifelle.com and http://blog.developpez.com/?blog=92 LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieubrucher
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