If we're phasing out Numeric, wouldn't it be a good idea to make NumPy the default when both are available? -FM
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, NumPy is nicer. Numeric is showing its age. NumPy makes better use of > the Python features introduced with Python 2.2, unified types and classes. > As I mentioned though, Numeric support won't disappear from Pygame just yet. > Rather any future efforts will be concentrated on NumPy. > > Lenard > > René Dudfield wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> yeah Numpy is the much newer version of Numeric, and is compatible in >> many ways. There's also a document around somewhere that tells you >> what methods to use for Numeric ones where they are not compatible. >> >> It's nicer in many regards, and Numeric has been marked obsolete a few >> years ago. >> >> So definitely update any code you can to numpy :) >> >> >> cheers, >> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Ian Mallett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm not really familiar with either. When I ported the .obj file loader >>> to >>> use vertex arrays (and in the future VBOs), I needed to add a vertex >>> attribute array, which wanted a pointer (in C). In Python, the function >>> was >>> placated with array.tostring(). That was using Numeric--does NumPy have >>> the >>> same thing? >>> Ian >>> > > > -- > Lenard Lindstrom > <[email protected]> > >
