Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-dev] PEP 368: Standard image protocol and class

2007-07-06 Thread Lino Mastrodomenico
2007/7/4, Bill Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think a PEP that aims to be a generic image protocol should > support at least 32 bit floats if not 64-bit doubles and 16 bit > "Half"s used by some GPUs (and supported by the OpenEXR format). Yes, the next version of the PEP will include float16 and

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-dev] PEP 368: Standard image protocol and class

2007-07-03 Thread Bill Baxter
I'm not subscribed to the main Python list, so I'll just ask here. It looks like the protocol doesn't support any floating point image formats, judging from the big table of formats in the PEP. These are becoming more important these days in computer graphics as a way to pass around high dynamic