Christopher Barker wrote:
Travis Oliphant wrote:
Most of these are probably the gtk-python extension which can use Numeric
This strikes me as an excellent argument for including an n-d array in the Python standard lib.
It is absolutely a good argument. If Python had the array interface, gtk would just use it and not have any dependency on Numeric or NumPy at all. Every windowing interface (and OpenGL) would have the same need. To me this is so obvious that I don't understand the resistance in the Python community to the concept. Perhaps I'm just mis-interpreting the feedback I've received, but it would be really helpful to move things forward if somebody with write priviledges would just say: "We need this array interface thing so let's hash out Travis's proposal." In other words we can argue the details but I need some more support for the general idea to continue to invest time in making the array interface work. I'm going to try and get the BDFL or somebody with similar influence to agree to basically say something like that at PyCon this year. If anybody going to PyCon want's to help me, let's get together. -Travis