Greg Ewing wrote: > > The buffer API is for the use of C code, and it should > be designed with the convenience of C code in mind. > Using Python data structures unnecessarily seems like > the wrong way to go about that. > > The following alternative would seem to provide most of > the things that Travis's proposal does without involving > Python objects: >
In my latest version of the PEP, I suggest using Python CObject's as loose wrappers around C-structures for both the char * format string and the structure int ndim Py_ssize_t *shape; Py_ssize_t *strides; This way, we get the benefit of Python object counting for memory management but easy-access to the relevant C-objects. I've also added simple functions to the proposed C-API to construct these C-objects. -Travis _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
