I'm afraid I'm not much help answering your questions. But one thing I've wondered about f2py is if it could be generalized into an f2*** tool. How intertwined is the analysis of the fortran with the synthesis of the python? There are lots of languages that could benefit from a fortran wrapper generator tool.
--bb On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Pearu Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am in a process of writing a scientific paper about F2PY that will > provide an automatic solution to the Python and Fortran connection > problem. While writing it, I also need to decide what will be the future > of F2PY. In particulary, I have the following main questions to which I > am looking for suggestions: > 1) where the future users of F2PY should find it, > 2) how the users can get support (documentation, mailing lists, etc). > 3) where to continue the development of F2PY. > > Currently, F2PY has three "home pages": > 1) http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/ - this has old f2py. The old f2py > is unique in that it covers Numeric and numarray support, but is > not being developed anymore. > 2) http://www.scipy.org/F2py - this covers the current f2py included > in NumPy. f2py in numpy is rather stable and is being maintained. There > is no plans to add new functionalities (like F90 derived type support) > to the numpy f2py. > 3) http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/wiki/G3F2PY - this is a > wiki page for the third generation of f2py. It aims at adding full > Fortran 90/../2003 support to the f2py tool, including F90 derived types > as well as POINTER arguments. It should replace numpy f2py in future. > > Obviosly, the three "home pages" for f2py is too much, even when they > cover three different code sets. So, now I am looking for to unify these > places to one site that will cover all three code sets with software, > documentation, and support. > > Currently I can think of the following options: > > Use Google Code. Pros: it provides necessary infrastructure to develop > software projects and I am used to it. Cons: in my experience Google > Code has been too many times broken (at least three times in half a > year), though this may improve in future. Also, Google Code provides > only SVN, no hg. > > Since f2py will be an important tool for numpy/scipy users, > it would be natural to continue developing f2py under these projects. > However, there are rumours of cleaning up scipy/numpy from extension > generation tools and so in long term, f2py may need to look for another > home. So, I wonder if a hosting could be provided for f2py? Say, in a > form of f2py.scipy.org or www.f2py.org? I am rather ignorant about these > matters, so any help will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Pearu > > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
