James Bergstra wrote: > > Maybe I'm missing something... but I don't think I want to create an array.
Ah, I misunderstood your question. There are at least two ways: PyObject *ret; ret = PyArrayScalar_New(UInt8); Or PyObject *ret; PyArray_Descr *typecode; typecode = PyArray_DescrFromType(PyArray_UINT8); ret = PyArray_Scalar(NULL, typecode, NULL); Py_DECREF(typecode); One way to set data in it is: data = PyMem_Malloc(1); *data = 4; ((PyArrayObject*)ret)->data = data; Or simpler, but may be less flexible depending on what you are doing: PyArrayScalar_VAL(ret, UInt8) = 4; This should be documented better somewhere, cheers, David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion