On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Tim Lahey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been thinking about applying for GSoC and working on a Cython core. I'm > assuming that it would be an optional thing? So, there would be two cores, an > optimized one that's done in Cython and a pure Python one for when Cython > isn't available.
Yes. > > Is the idea to update and clean up sympyx and properly integrate it into > sympy? I think that the latest code is here: https://github.com/certik/sympyx unless somebody did some more work on it. I think so, it should be integrated into sympy. It's a nontrivial project though. > > On a development note, is there a good way to have a separate python and > packages (e.g., a sympy fork and cython) so I don't mess up my system python? > I'm working on OS X, but I could install a Linux VM in Virtualbox (if so, > which Linux?). There are several options for that, I think virtualenv is one of them. I personally use my own project for it: http://qsnake.com/ it's similar to Sage (uses some packages from Sage), but I rebuilt the build system. It installs everything into a local directory and you can have as many qsnake installations as you want. I then develop using qsnake --shell and then I can call any installed package. At my work, I don't even have a root access to my computer, so qsnake (or something similar) is the only option. I didn't test this on a Mac for a long time, so probably more work would be needed, I only have time to test on Ubuntu though. Ondrej -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
