[Numpy-discussion] constructing record dtypes from the c-api

Hi folks, The moderator for the ML approved my subscription so I can now post this back in the numpy list rather than scipy. Apologies for the duplicate/cross posting. I was trying to figure out how to make a dtype for a c-struct on the c-side and storing that in some boost python libraries I'm

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1,10 and 1.11 releases

i am interested but i dont know how start. can you help me about this ??? > > ___ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > ___

[Numpy-discussion] difference between dtypes

Is there an explanation somewhere of what different basic dtypes mean, across platforms and python versions? >>> np.bool8 >>> np.bool_ >>> bool Are there any rules and recommendations or is it all folks lore? I'm asking because my intuition picked up by osmosis might be off, and I thought h

[Numpy-discussion] 1,10 and 1.11 releases

Hi All, I plan on branching 1.10 this next weekend and the `__numpy_ufunc__` work will be pushed off to 1.11. One of the things we discussed at SciPy 2015 was the need for a faster release cycle. If we are going to manage that we need to start planning now by picking a release manager, listing th

[Numpy-discussion] Proposal: Deprecate np.int, np.float, etc.?

Hi all, So one of the things exposed in the numpy namespace are objects called np.int np.float np.bool etc. These are commonly used -- in fact, just yesterday on another project I saw a senior person reviewing a pull request instruct a more junior person that they should use np.float instea