On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Travis E. Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Neal Becker wrote:
> > In arrayobject.c, various complex functions (e.g., array_imag_get) use:
> > PyArray_ISCOMPLEX -> PyTypeNum_ISCOMPLEX,
> > which is hard coded to 2 predefined types :(
> >
> > If PyArray_ISCOMPLEX allowed user-defined types, I'm guessing functions
> such
> > as array_imag_get would just work?
> >
> I don't think that it true.   There would need to be some kind of idea
> of "complex-ness" that is tested.   One way this could work is if your
> corresponding scalar inherited from the generic complex scalar type and
> then that was tested for.
>

That brings up a question I have. In looking to introduce float16, I noted
that the typenumbers are tightly packed at the low end. There is space for
user defined types >=128, IIRC, but float16 and cfloat16 really belongs down
with the numbers. There are also several other types in the IEEE pipeline.
So I am wondering if we can't spread the type numbers out a bit more.

Chuck
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