mark florisson, 14.04.2012 23:15:
> On 14 April 2012 22:02, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> Dag Sverre Seljebotn, 14.04.2012 21:08:
>>> * TBD: Support for Cython-specific constructs like memoryview slices
>>> (so that arrays with strides and shape can be passed faster than
>>> passing an {{{"O"}}}).
>>
>> Is this really Cython specific or would a generic Py_buffer struct work?
>
> That could work through simple unboxing wrapper functions, but it
> would add some overhead, specifically because it would have to check
> the buffer's object, and if it didn't exist or was not a memoryview
> object, it would have to create one (checking whether something is a
> memoryview object would also be a pain, as each module has a different
> memoryview type). That could still be feasible for interaction with
> Cython functions from non-Cython code.
Hmm, I don't get it. Isn't the overhead always there when a memory view is
requested in the signature? You'd have to create one for each call and that
seriously hurts the efficiency. Is that a common use case? Why would you
want to do more than passing unboxed buffers?
Stefan
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