On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Travis Oliphant wrote:
I think it's time for the first beta-release of NumPy 1.0
I'd like to put it out within 2 weeks. Please make any comments or voice major concerns so that the 1.0 release series can be as stable as possible.
One issue I ran across that I have not seen addressed is the namespace of arrayobject.h. I'm not refering to C++ namespaces but prefixing symbols to avoid clashes with user's code. The externals start with PyArray. But I had symbol redefinition errors for byte, MAX_DIMS, and ERR. That is, I already had defines for MAX_DIMS and ERR and a typedef for byte in my code. When adding a numpy interface to my library I had to undef these symbols before including arrayobject.h. Is there a way to move implemention defines, like ERR, into a separate header. Or if they're part of the API, prefix the symbols? Lee Taylor