Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-07 Thread Charles R Harris
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Julian Taylor > wrote: > > hi, > > > > as the numpy gsoc topic page is a little short on options I was thinking > > about adding two topics for interested students. But as I have no > > experience with gsoc

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-07 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:11 AM, David Cournapeau > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >> So this project would have the following goals, depending on how > >> practical this turns out to be: (1) produc

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-06 Thread Chris Barker
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Sturla Molden wrote: > we could use Cython to write some of these things. > > So the idea of having a NumPy as a pure C library in the core is abandoned? And at some point, there was the idea of a numpy_core library that could be used entirely independently of c

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-06 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:11 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> So this project would have the following goals, depending on how >> practical this turns out to be: (1) produce a hacky proof-of-concept >> system for doing the above, (2) turn th

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-06 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:17 AM, Sturla Molden wrote: > Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >> 3. Using Cython in the numpy core >> >> The numpy core contains tons of complicated C code implementing >> elaborate operations like indexing, casting, ufunc dispatch, etc. It >> would be really nice if we could us

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-06 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Julian Taylor > wrote: > > hi, > > > > as the numpy gsoc topic page is a little short on options I was thinking > > about adding two topics for interested students. But as I have no > > experience with gsoc

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-05 Thread Sturla Molden
Nathaniel Smith wrote: > 3. Using Cython in the numpy core > > The numpy core contains tons of complicated C code implementing > elaborate operations like indexing, casting, ufunc dispatch, etc. It > would be really nice if we could use Cython to write some of these > things. So the idea of hav

[Numpy-discussion] numpy gsoc ideas (was: numpy gsoc topic idea: configurable algorithm precision and vector math library integration)

2014-03-05 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Julian Taylor wrote: > hi, > > as the numpy gsoc topic page is a little short on options I was thinking > about adding two topics for interested students. But as I have no > experience with gsoc or mentoring and the ideas are not very fleshed out > yet I'd like to a