On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 07:59:48PM +0100, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:
(First off, is it OK to continue polling the NumPy list now and then on Cython language decisions? Or should I expect that any interested Cython users follow the Cython list?)
Yes, IMHO.
In Python, if I write "-1 % 5", I get 4. However, in C if I write "-1 % 5" I get -1. The question is, what should I get in Cython if I write (a % b) where a and b are cdef ints? Should I
[ ] Get 4, because it should behave just like in Python, avoiding surprises when adding types to existing algorithms (this will require extra logic and be a bit slower)
[ ] Get -1, because they're C ints, and besides one isn't using Cython if one doesn't care about performance
Behave like in Python. Cython should try to be as Python-like as possible, IMHO. I would like to think of it as an (optionally) static-typed Python. My 2 cents, Gaƫl