Hi Matti I think we should remove numpy.py and package the pypy-hack branch (even if it's not stable yet) so that people can use it directly.
Cheers Romain On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Matti Picus <matti.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been working to get numfocus benchmarks written for numpy to run on > numpypy and pypy https://github.com/numfocus/python-benchmarks > > The biggest obstacle is actually the need for matplotlib, which is used > internally to produce pretty comparisons between different benchmarks. > Luckily, Stefan H. Muller did much of what is needed to use matplotlib > (non-interactively) with pypy, I have taken over his work and it now lives > in two git repos: https://github.com/mattip/numpy on the pypy-hack branch, > and https://github.com/mattip/matplotlib master branch. These work, download > a nightly pypy, > virtualenv, "setup.py install", but there is some missing low-lying-fruit > kind of functionality to run the benchmarks, again, in matplotlib. > > That is the good news, the bad news is that in a perhaps hasty move, I > removed lib_pypy/numpy.py since it complicates the numpy install. I fixed > tests (one build too late, sorry for the failures), but now people who were > used to a nightly pypy being capable of "import numpy" will be disappointed. > > I did ask on IRC before the change, and got two positive votes, but feel a > need for wider consensus. So should we leave the file out, and hopefully > encourage people to start trying the pypy-hack branch, or put it back? In an > unrelated-but-related issue, should the github repo of numpy be moved to a > more pypy-like place (bitbucket.org/pypy)? > > Matti > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev _______________________________________________ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
