Re: GSoC idea: mypyc as an alternative to cython
> > - What does the new prototype code look like (hopefully much cleaner)? > Instead of a separate pxd file, you just have the existing .py file with standard typing annotations. > - How does performance compare to the Cython approach? > Good question. I've not been able to find any posts with comparisons. mypyc maintains a benchmark repo with results compared to standard cpython: https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc-benchmark-results/blob/master/reports/summary-main.md Running these benchmarks against cython could be a good first task. Unlike Cython, mypyc doesn’t natively support numpy, but IIRC beam is not using that in its cythonized modules. -chad
Re: GSoC idea: mypyc as an alternative to cython
Is there any interest in this? There is a lot of promise in only needing to maintain a single well typed implementation. On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 6:35 PM Chad Dombrova wrote: > Hi all, > At work, I recently started playing around with mypyc[1] as a means to > compile our python code to C extensions, and I'm pretty impressed so far. > > Pros > >- write normal python code with annotations: we're already doing this! >- no need for cython-specific header files that can get out of sync >with the pure python version >- support for dataclasses and Generics >- one less tool in the toolchain: mypyc is part of mypy >- opens the door to more easily converting additional modules in the >future > > Cons > >- less mature than Cython >- build errors are not very informative > > Neural > >- requires more detailed annotations. for example, you must annotate >class attributes with ClassVar > > I thought it would be an interesting and relatively accessible project to > try to convert the current modules that use cython over to mypyc and see > how it goes. Just a thought: take it or leave it! > > -chad > > [1] https://mypyc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html > >
GSoC idea: mypyc as an alternative to cython
Hi all, At work, I recently started playing around with mypyc[1] as a means to compile our python code to C extensions, and I'm pretty impressed so far. Pros - write normal python code with annotations: we're already doing this! - no need for cython-specific header files that can get out of sync with the pure python version - support for dataclasses and Generics - one less tool in the toolchain: mypyc is part of mypy - opens the door to more easily converting additional modules in the future Cons - less mature than Cython - build errors are not very informative Neural - requires more detailed annotations. for example, you must annotate class attributes with ClassVar I thought it would be an interesting and relatively accessible project to try to convert the current modules that use cython over to mypyc and see how it goes. Just a thought: take it or leave it! -chad [1] https://mypyc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html
