Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-07 Thread Terry Reedy
"Rahul Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Note this message has been posted to numpy-discussion and python-dev. | Sorry for the multiple posting but I thought both python devs and | numpy users will be interested. If you believe your list should not | receive this

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-07 Thread Michael McLay
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Rahul Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > function. This > idea is directly copied from PLW (Python Language Wrapper) project. > Once Python3k arrives, much of these declarations will be moved to > function annotations and class decorators. Python 3k alpha4 is av

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-07 Thread Dag Sverre Seljebotn
> (Though as the saying goes, little duplication is normal (and perhaps > wanted) for open source software.) Sorry! I meant "a little", completely reversing the meaning of my sentence. Dag Sverre ___ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scip

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-07 Thread Dag Sverre Seljebotn
> What is Spyke? > In many performance critical projects, it is often necessary to > rewrite parts of the application in C. However writing C wrappers can > be time consuming. Spyke offers an alternative approach. You add > annotations to your Python code as strings. These strings are > discarded

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-07 Thread Gael Varoquaux
Hi Rahul, Nice project. I think you are taking the right direction with type annotations. I you get this working and reliable, you will be much loved by the community. On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 11:19:58PM -0500, Travis E. Oliphant wrote: > > c) Strings as type declarations : Do you think I should

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-06 Thread Travis E. Oliphant
What will be the licensing of this project? Do you know yet? I have a couple of comments because I've been thinking along these lines. > What is Spyke? > In many performance critical projects, it is often necessary to > rewrite parts of the application in C. However writing C wrappers can > be t

Re: [Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-06 Thread Travis E. Oliphant
Rahul Garg wrote: > Note this message has been posted to numpy-discussion and python-dev. > Sorry for the multiple posting but I thought both python devs and > numpy users will be interested. If you believe your list should not > receive this email, let me know. Also I just wanted to introduce

[Numpy-discussion] New project : Spyke python-to-C compiler

2008-04-06 Thread Rahul Garg
Note this message has been posted to numpy-discussion and python-dev. Sorry for the multiple posting but I thought both python devs and numpy users will be interested. If you believe your list should not receive this email, let me know. Also I just wanted to introduce myself since I may ask dou