From templon@studbolt.mit.edu Thu May 2 19:17:19 1996
From: templon@studbolt.mit.edu (Jeff Templon)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 14:17:19 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] any matlab-like python extensions???
Message-ID: <199605021817.OAA00861@studbolt.mit.edu>
Hi,
I had posted the following on comp.lang.python, but someone pointed
out that it was better posted here. Since my newsgroup posting, I've
heard from at least one other person who is interested in the results.
Below is the content of my comp.lang.python post. Please respond to
me via email, as I am not on the matrix-sig list (perhaps yet.) Also,
please cc your message to Alex Cannon <acannon@geog.ubc.ca> who is
also very interested in what you have to say.
Jeff Templon wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking to do some numerical programming, and would like to do it
> in Python. I know about the new Matrix-SIG activities, but I am also
> interested in a graphical display of the results. I've looked at SciLab,
> which is a sort of PD version of Matlab, and this is exactly what
> I'm looking for except it's not Python (although a lot of the syntax
> is close!)
>
> The thing in SciLab that Python (as far as I know) is missing, is a
> package of plotting primitives. In Scilab, you can say something like
> "plot (vector1, vector2)" where vector1 is some array of x values and
> vector2 is an array of y values; you can also give three vectors and
> get a surface or contour plot (or even both, with the contour plot
> overlaid on the surface!) Is there anything like this for Python?
> I'd guess it'd be interfaced to Tk or SUIT or somesuch.
>
> I know I could do a poor-man's interface using a pipe to Gnuplot.
> I'm considering that as a first step. Any info on products or
> things in the works is welcomed.
>
> Jeff Templon
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From tschwal@artinet.de Thu May 2 21:32:45 1996
From: tschwal@artinet.de (Tom Schwaller)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 22:32:45 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] any matlab-like python extensions???
In-Reply-To: <199605021817.OAA00861@studbolt.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960502222604.16878C-100000@samba.artinet.de>
Hi Jeff,
well try the plplotmodule I've written (interfaces the plplot library).
It is not pefect, but has a Tk widget with it, which no other package has.
I one worked on a Python module interfacing the Visual toolkit++,
which is a very tool cool, but I'm a little bit short in time for it.
Otherwise you can also try the OpenGL module By myself and Jim H.)
Join this group, that's the right place for you.
Here you will also learn about where to get all that stuff
and ther are many people , which will help you I guess.
BTW. Have some of you tried out pgplot (Fortran library, no Tk widget,
but very nice output, Interfacing it to Python is as easy as plplot,
somebody going to do it?
There's already a Tcl and Perl Module (I hear you SWIG! :-)
We should at least do a Python module.
Look at the URL
http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/
Comments
Tom
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From da@maigret.cog.brown.edu Thu May 2 22:01:52 1996
From: da@maigret.cog.brown.edu (David Ascher)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 17:01:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] any matlab-like python extensions???
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960502222604.16878C-100000@samba.artinet.de> from "Tom Schwaller" at May 2, 96 10:32:45 pm
Message-ID: <199605022101.RAA09570@maigret>
> BTW. Have some of you tried out pgplot (Fortran library, no Tk widget,
> but very nice output, Interfacing it to Python is as easy as plplot,
> somebody going to do it?
> There's already a Tcl and Perl Module (I hear you SWIG! :-)
> We should at least do a Python module.
> Look at the URL
> http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/
I'll look at it. My favorite output (sober but very professional) comes
out of GLE, which alas is nothing one can interface to easily.
--david
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From da@maigret.cog.brown.edu Wed May 8 19:41:46 1996
From: da@maigret.cog.brown.edu (David Ascher)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 14:41:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Tela/Python conversion help needed
Message-ID: <199605081841.OAA22407@maigret>
Hi folks.
I've ported the fftpack routines which are part of Tela into a python
module, which is fine. Now I need to port a little piece of Tela code
which does the n-dimensional fft's out of the 1-d fft routines.
I've given it a try, but my nonexistent knowledge of tela and my
lack of experience with multidimensional fft's makes it a hard thing for
me to debug.
Does anyone out there feel willing to help me with this conversion?
Let me know.
--david
PS: Tela seems to have a nice set of routines which I'd like to see
in Python. What do you think? From the "Tela Feature List":
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Linear algebra: matrix inversion, matrix product, eigenvalues,
eigenvectors, determinant, LU, Cholesky, singular value decompositions
and linear system solution.
Full set of fast Fourier transform routines. In addition to ordinary
complex and real FFTs there are sine, cosine, plus quarter-wave sine and
cosine transforms. All routines can work along any dimension in an
N-dimensional real or complex array, making it possible e.g. to solve
any constant-coefficient elliptic boundary value problem in 2D or 3D
with any boundary conditions (Dirichlet, Neumann or periodic type; each
boundary may have its own type of boundary condition). An example how
this is done is included in the distribution (testpoisson.t).
Unix commands can be run under Tela control. Standard input and output
can be mapped to Tela strings. C stdio like functions for manipulating
files.
Can work with HDF, netCDF (vers.>=1.23), plain ASCII, MATLAB binary
files (MAT-files) and PBM (PPM, PGM) image files directly. Graphics can
be saved as PostScript and GIF from the PlotMTV program. Can interface
to XV.
Graphics: 2D and 3D line and curve plots, contour plots, density plots,
vector field plots and surface plots. Cartesian intersection surfaces in
3D space. Bar charts and histograms.
Possibility to redraw existing windows or create new window for each new
plot. Possibilities for overlaying and stacking plots and saving them
in PostScript or GIF files. Possibility to annotate plots with text
strings and simple geometric primitives. Palette can be changed and
nonuniform grids can be used (vers>=1.23).
Numerical analysis: linear interpolation (intpol), integration
(integrate), function minimization (fmin), root finding (roots, fsolve),
linear regression (fitline, fitlinear), nonlinear fitting (fitnl).
Preliminary version of special function package (specfun.t), which
contains a relatively complete set of special functions.
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From da@bekas.cog.brown.edu Wed May 8 20:50:02 1996
From: da@bekas.cog.brown.edu (David Ascher)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 15:50:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] remind me
Message-ID: <199605081950.PAA07821@bekas>
Is there a shorthand for:
x2 = ravel(x)
x2[n] = v
x2.shape = x.shape
x = x2
?
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From hinsenk@ERE.UMontreal.CA Wed May 8 21:37:20 1996
From: hinsenk@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Konrad HINSEN)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 16:37:20 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] remind me
In-Reply-To: <199605081950.PAA07821@bekas> (message from David Ascher on Wed, 8 May 1996 15:50:02 -0400 (EDT))
Message-ID: <199605082037.QAA28375@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA>
> Is there a shorthand for:
>
> x2 = ravel(x)
> x2[n] = v
> x2.shape = x.shape
> x = x2
The way ravel() is implemented now, the first two lines
should be enough, i.e. they should change x.
My API proposal contains a feature that would allow
this to be written as
x[......][n] = v
I don't think you can get it much shorter...
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From da@maigret.cog.brown.edu Wed May 15 01:03:04 1996
From: da@maigret.cog.brown.edu (David Ascher)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 20:03:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] arange w/ fixed # of elements?
Message-ID: <199605150003.UAA12840@maigret>
What is the recommended way to get an arange of a given # of elements
between a min & and max?
If I do:
step = (max - min) / float(number)
r = arange(min, max, step)
then I am sometimes getting arrays w/ number + 1 elements, due to
the odd case when max and min are exactly (or close enough) divisible
by the stepsize.
So, the following:
from Numeric import *
def test(s):
x = 1.2*pi / s
n = 300
st = x / 300
if len(arange(0,x,st)) == 301: print s
for x in arange(-5,5,.05):
if x != 0:
test(x)
shows that test(-0.8) and test(-1.6) on my machine yield arrays of size
301, while all the others yield arrays of size 300.
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From hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca Wed May 15 02:07:15 1996
From: hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca (Konrad HINSEN)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 21:07:15 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] arange w/ fixed # of elements?
In-Reply-To: <199605150003.UAA12840@maigret> (da@maigret.cog.brown.edu)
Message-ID: <199605150107.VAA29247@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA>
> What is the recommended way to get an arange of a given # of elements
> between a min & and max?
>
> If I do:
> step = (max - min) / float(number)
> r = arange(min, max, step)
>
> then I am sometimes getting arrays w/ number + 1 elements, due to
> the odd case when max and min are exactly (or close enough) divisible
> by the stepsize.
Try:
min+(max-min)*arange(number)/number
There are no problems with roundoff error in this case.
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From barton@simsg1.mdc.com Wed May 15 19:05:42 1996
From: barton@simsg1.mdc.com (Brien Barton)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:05:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Where is source?
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.691231160000.22434A-100000@simsg1.mdc.com>
Where can I get the numeric extension for Python?
I looked all over the python.org web site and can't find it.
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From jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu Wed May 15 19:22:46 1996
From: jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (James Hugunin)
Date: Wed, 15 May 96 14:22:46 EDT
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Reposting of the FAQ
Message-ID: <9605151822.AA16460@baribal.LCS.MIT.EDU.LCS.MIT.EDU>
This FAQ needs to be updated, and should be put on the web somewhere
so that I can just put a pointer here occasionally. But, until the
semester is over here that's not going to happen, so here's my brief
FAQ again for newbies to the list. (To the rest of you I apologize).
-Jim
Written by Jim Hugunin (hugunin@mit.edu) on April 25, 1996.
1) What's Numerical Python?
Here should really go Paul's humorous depiction of Monty's more
serious brother, but I don't have that right now, so the high level
stuff will have to wait.
2) Where do I get it?
ftp://sls-ftp.lcs.mit.edu/pub/jjh/NumericalPython-0.36.tar.gz
This is the latest version. New versions will be made available at
this location.
3) Is there any documentation?
There's incomplete online documentation written by David Ascher for a
course he taught using Numerical Python at:
http://maigret.cog.brown.edu/python/arraytut.html
There's a paper soon to be published in Computers and Physics written
by Dubois, Hinsen and Hugunin at:
ftp://ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/basis/numerical_python.ps
There's my talk from the 3rd python workshop at:
http://www.python.org/workshops/1995-12/papers/hugunin.html
4) What modules are available that use Numerical python?
(Note: I know that this needs pointers, I just don't have the time to
put them together today)
Tom Schwaller's delaunaymodule and trimodule
Tom's and my opengl, glu, and glut modules
Paul DuBois' URNGmodule
Doug Heisterkamp's interface to the LAPACK libraries at:
ftp://ftp.cs.unl.edu/pub/drh/python/pylapack.0.02.tar.gz
5) What are the future plans?
First goal is a general release to the python community. Before this
happens, I want a somewhat finalized API (which Konrad seems to have
provided) implemented (for which I just need some free time). I don't
want to have too many users developing code with the system before the
API is at least closer to its final form (to minimize the changes they
need to make).
On the other hand, the C API is essentially final. I'm perfectly
willing to guarantee that I won't introduce any major
incompatibilities in subsequent release of the system. This means
that people have no excuse not to develop modules to interface to all
that great C/FORTRAN numerical code out there.
Obviously the ultimate goal is to have this a part of the base python
distribution. I'll start thinking more about this once I make the
general release to the community at large.
6) Hints for Windows Users
You must use binary mode files for pickling and unpickling matrices in
the windows world. Blame Bill for the silliness.
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From klm@CNRI.Reston.Va.US Wed May 15 19:51:02 1996
From: klm@CNRI.Reston.Va.US (Ken Manheimer)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 14:51:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Reposting of the FAQ
In-Reply-To: <9605151822.AA16460@baribal.LCS.MIT.EDU.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960515144700.21880b-100000@glyph>
I've added the FAQ and a blurb about it to the matrix-sig index page:
<http://www.python.org/sigs/index.html>
Jim - how about creating a symlink to the latest version of the
distribution, so the links in the FAQ, etc, can refer to it, and not need
to be changed when the version changes?
Eg:
ftp://sls-ftp.lcs.mit.edu/pub/jjh/NumericalPython.tar.gz
rather than
ftp://sls-ftp.lcs.mit.edu/pub/jjh/NumericalPython-0.36.tar.gz
(Soon SIG managers will be able to upload and arrange their python.org
SIG dirs via anonymous ftp, incidentally, making this kind of info
dissemination much more fluid, i hope.)
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From Marko Balabanovic <marko@cs.stanford.edu> Fri May 17 02:14:21 1996
From: Marko Balabanovic <marko@cs.stanford.edu> (Marko Balabanovic)
Date: Thu, 16 May 96 18:14:21 PDT
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Compact Representation?
Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.4.832295661.marko@scottie.Stanford.EDU>
I'm kind of an amateur at linear algebra, so this may be a stupid
question:
Is there already, or are there any plans to include, a compact
representation for sparse or symmetric matrices in Numeric Python
(possibly with interfaces to the LAPACK/CLAPACK routines which work
with a packed representation for symmetric matrices).
I have an approx. 10,000 x 10,000 symmetric matrix, all values are 1
or 0, and I need to get the first couple of eigenvectors. If anyone
has any pointers to code that would help do this without needing to
construct the whole thing in memory at once I would be very grateful.
Marko
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From hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca Fri May 17 14:47:59 1996
From: hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca (Konrad HINSEN)
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 09:47:59 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Compact Representation?
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.4.832295661.marko@scottie.Stanford.EDU> (message from Marko Balabanovic on Thu, 16 May 96 18:14:21 PDT)
Message-ID: <199605171347.JAA16768@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA>
> Is there already, or are there any plans to include, a compact
> representation for sparse or symmetric matrices in Numeric Python
> (possibly with interfaces to the LAPACK/CLAPACK routines which work
> with a packed representation for symmetric matrices).
Support for symmetric packed matrices is on my to-do-list for the
high-level LAPACK interface, but I won't make any promises about when
this is going to happen.
I am not even quite sure about how to handle such matrices. I
certainly don't want to take the Fortran-like approach of considering
packed matrices like 1D-arrays and leaving indexing etc. to the
user. So there will be a class representing symmetric matrices, and
the LAPACK-interface will select the suitable LAPACK-routine.
But how this will work in detail also depends on what mechanisms
will be available in the final array package for defining array-like
Python classes and making array functions available on them.
> I have an approx. 10,000 x 10,000 symmetric matrix, all values are 1
> or 0, and I need to get the first couple of eigenvectors. If anyone
> has any pointers to code that would help do this without needing to
> construct the whole thing in memory at once I would be very grateful.
In that case LAPACK won't help you. You should look at the iterative
eigenvalue algorithms that only require a routine to to matrix-vector
multiplication. In writing this routine you could even take advantage
of having only two different elements in the matrix. But this will end
up in very specialized code, probably best done in a small C extension
module interfacing to the array module.
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From da@maigret.cog.brown.edu Tue May 21 23:15:19 1996
From: da@maigret.cog.brown.edu (David Ascher)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 18:15:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] bug, I claim
Message-ID: <199605212215.SAA14621@maigret>
That the following happens is, I believe, unfortunate:
from Numeric import *
from Ranf import *
a = random_sample(10)
b = (a.greater(0.5).choose(0,0.1))
print b
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c = (a.greater(0.5).choose(0.0,0.1))
print c
0.10000000 0.10000000 0.10000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000
0.10000000 0.00000000
Why should the type of the first argument to choose() be valued over the
most generic type?
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From pas@lems.brown.edu Wed May 22 15:43:42 1996
From: pas@lems.brown.edu (Perry A. Stoll)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 10:43:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] bug and fix for Numeric.where
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960522101156.28252C-100000@lems33>
While were looking at bugs...
I finally understand the beauty of the Numeric.where function (and the
"choose" function, but that's a separate story). But I think the
function in Numeric is wrong. Here's a replacement. The function is
pretty trivial, but I like the way it reads in code and vote for
keeping it.
def where(condition, x, y):
"""where(condition,x,y) is shaped like condition and has elements of x and
y where condition is respectively true or false
"""
return condition.choose(y, x) # removed condition as first argument
As a test demonstrating the problem and fix:
Select elements from either a or b, which ever is greater - exactly
what the "where" function is for.
>>> import Numeric
>>> a = Numeric.arange(10)
>>> b = Numeric.zeros(10,'l') + 4
>>> Numeric.where(a.greater(b),a,b)
0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 # huh??
>>> where(a.greater(b),a,b)
4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 # ahhh, that's better.
-Perry
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From jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu Wed May 22 16:05:34 1996
From: jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (James Hugunin)
Date: Wed, 22 May 96 11:05:34 EDT
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] bugs
Message-ID: <9605221505.AA00341@baribal.LCS.MIT.EDU.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Perry Stoll suggests a small bug in the where function, and he's of
course correct. The change has been made.
def where(condition, x, y):
"""where(condition,x,y) is shaped like condition and has elements of x and
y where condition is respectively true or false
"""
return condition.choose(y, x) # removed condition as first argument
This and similar functions will be retained in the great renaming that
is beginning even as we speak. They might, however, be moved to a shortcuts
module that wouldn't always be automatically loaded.
--
David Ascher's bug is a little more troublesome, but it too is being
fixed.
> Why should the type of the first argument to choose() be valued over the
> most generic type?
In short, it shouldn't, and it won't in the next release.
-Jim
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From martin@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de Thu May 23 09:18:39 1996
From: martin@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de (MARTIN GEGENHEIMER AK kappes)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 10:18:39 +0200 (MSZ)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
Message-ID: <9605230818.AA26109@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Hello,
I think I need som help:
I'd like to convert a numeric array to a string like
(to pass it to Tcl)
{ 1.0 2.0 .... }
I tried :
str(), repr(), but that gives me :
"array([0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 'l')"
a.toList() is much more what I want (its also fast for larger arrays)
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
but I don't want ',' or braces.
a.toString()
does no do what I want.
so, how ?
maybe make a modified toList() ?
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From martin@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de Thu May 23 12:51:45 1996
From: martin@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de (MARTIN GEGENHEIMER AK kappes)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 13:51:45 +0200 (MSZ)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
Message-ID: <9605231151.AA05001@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Forwarded message:
> From root Thu May 23 13:42:41 1996
> Date: Thu, 23 May 96 07:37:58 EDT
> Message-Id: <9605231137.AA02767@acdc.eeel.nist.gov>
> From: Michael McLay <mclay@eeel.nist.gov>
> To: martin@tchibm3.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de (MARTIN GEGENHEIMER AK kappes)
> Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
> In-Reply-To: <9605230818.AA26109@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de>
> References: <9605230818.AA26109@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de>
>
> MARTIN GEGENHEIMER AK writes:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I think I need som help:
> >
> > I'd like to convert a numeric array to a string like
> > (to pass it to Tcl)
> >
> > { 1.0 2.0 .... }
> >
> > I tried :
> >
> > str(), repr(), but that gives me :
> > "array([0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 'l')"
> >
> > a.toList() is much more what I want (its also fast for larger arrays)
> >
> > [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
> > but I don't want ',' or braces.
> >
> > a.toString()
> > does no do what I want.
> >
> >
> > so, how ?
> >
> > maybe make a modified toList() ?
>
>
> How about using a.toList() to produce
> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
>
> and then do a gsub to replace ", " with " ".
>
I wanted to do that when everything else fails. :-(
- Martin
--
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Institut fuer Physikalische Chemie II
Kaiserstr.12
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From da@maigret.cog.brown.edu Thu May 23 14:12:52 1996
From: da@maigret.cog.brown.edu (David Ascher)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 09:12:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
In-Reply-To: <9605230818.AA26109@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de> from "MARTIN GEGENHEIMER AK kappes" at May 23, 96 10:18:39 am
Message-ID: <199605231312.JAA18508@maigret>
Well, this might be a place to start:
a = arange(10)
string.join(map(str, a))
'0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'
a = arange(0.0,10.0)
string.join(map(str, a))
'0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0'
Speaking of which, isn't it odd that:
>>> arange(10)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>>> arange(10.0)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>>> arange(0.0,10.0)
0.00000 1.00000 2.00000 3.00000 4.00000 5.00000 6.00000 7.00000 8.00000 9.00000
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From guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US Thu May 23 15:53:53 1996
From: guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US (Guido van Rossum)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 10:53:53 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 May 1996 13:51:45 +0200."
<9605231151.AA05001@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de>
References: <9605231151.AA05001@ipc2ibm1.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Message-ID: <199605231453.KAA25393@monty>
> > How about using a.toList() to produce
> > [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
> >
> > and then do a gsub to replace ", " with " ".
Or this:
"{%s}" % string.join(map(str, a))
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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From pas@lems.brown.edu Fri May 24 17:10:14 1996
From: pas@lems.brown.edu (Perry A. Stoll)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 12:10:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] having problems (in arange)?
In-Reply-To: <199605231312.JAA18508@maigret>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960524115853.5137A-100000@lems61>
Did everyone remember to remove the old .pyc files for Numeric? I did
that only when I couldn't find 'index_expression' when I imported Numeric
and all sorts of problems went away.
I get the following:
>>> arange(10)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>>> arange(10.0)
0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
-Perry
<pas@lems.brown.edu>
On Thu, 23 May 1996, David Ascher wrote:
> Speaking of which, isn't it odd that:
>
> >>> arange(10)
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> >>> arange(10.0)
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> >>> arange(0.0,10.0)
> 0.00000 1.00000 2.00000 3.00000 4.00000 5.00000 6.00000 7.00000 8.00000
>
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From guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US Fri May 24 21:59:13 1996
From: guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US (Guido van Rossum)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 16:59:13 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] what to do with public symbols c_*
Message-ID: <199605242059.QAA07559@monty>
I'm trying to make Python 1.4 "clean" with respect to exporting
symbols: all exported symbols except for init<module> will have a Py
or _Py prefix. There are a bunch of symbols defined in
complexobject.c and cmathmodule.c whose name begin with "c_", for
instance c_sum() and c_sin(). If I rename the ones defined in
complexoject.h (c_sum, c_diff, c_neg, c_prod, c_quot and c_pow) and
make the ones in cmathmodule.c static, would this break any code in
the matrix extensions?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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From jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu Fri May 24 22:45:20 1996
From: jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (James Hugunin)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 17:45:20 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] what to do with public symbols c_*
In-Reply-To: <199605242059.QAA07559@monty> (message from Guido van Rossum on
Fri, 24 May 1996 16:59:13 -0400)
Message-ID: <199605242145.RAA00282@ling-ling.zoo>
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US>
I'm trying to make Python 1.4 "clean" with respect to exporting
symbols: all exported symbols except for init<module> will have a Py
or _Py prefix. There are a bunch of symbols defined in
complexobject.c and cmathmodule.c whose name begin with "c_", for
instance c_sum() and c_sin(). If I rename the ones defined in
complexoject.h (c_sum, c_diff, c_neg, c_prod, c_quot and c_pow) and
make the ones in cmathmodule.c static, would this break any code in
the matrix extensions?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
This won't cause any problems with the matrix extension. These
functions are defined statically in the array math code (twice
actually, but that's too embarrassing to explain here). This is a
hold over from when it wasn't guaranteed that complex numbers would be
part of the python core. After the release of 1.4, I'll probably
remove the static definitions and use the Py prefixed versions instead.
-Jim
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From jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu Fri May 24 22:45:20 1996
From: jjh@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (James Hugunin)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 17:45:20 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] what to do with public symbols c_*
In-Reply-To: <199605242059.QAA07559@monty> (message from Guido van Rossum on
Fri, 24 May 1996 16:59:13 -0400)
Message-ID: <199605242145.RAA00282@ling-ling.zoo>
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US>
I'm trying to make Python 1.4 "clean" with respect to exporting
symbols: all exported symbols except for init<module> will have a Py
or _Py prefix. There are a bunch of symbols defined in
complexobject.c and cmathmodule.c whose name begin with "c_", for
instance c_sum() and c_sin(). If I rename the ones defined in
complexoject.h (c_sum, c_diff, c_neg, c_prod, c_quot and c_pow) and
make the ones in cmathmodule.c static, would this break any code in
the matrix extensions?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
This won't cause any problems with the matrix extension. These
functions are defined statically in the array math code (twice
actually, but that's too embarrassing to explain here). This is a
hold over from when it wasn't guaranteed that complex numbers would be
part of the python core. After the release of 1.4, I'll probably
remove the static definitions and use the Py prefixed versions instead.
-Jim
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From hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca Tue May 28 00:51:37 1996
From: hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca (Konrad HINSEN)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 19:51:37 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
In-Reply-To: <199605231312.JAA18508@maigret> (da@maigret.cog.brown.edu)
Message-ID: <199605272351.TAA22272@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA>
> Speaking of which, isn't it odd that:
>
> >>> arange(10)
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> >>> arange(10.0)
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> >>> arange(0.0,10.0)
> 0.00000 1.00000 2.00000 3.00000 4.00000 5.00000 6.00000 7.00000 8.00000 9.00000
On my machine the last two give the same answer, as expected. If they
don't for you, I suspect rounding problems. Check if
arange(0.0,10.0)-arange(10.0)
really gives zeroes. If so, my printing code behaves funnily on your
machine. If not, arange() behaves funnily ;-)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Konrad Hinsen | E-Mail: hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca
Departement de chimie | Tel.: +1-514-343-6111 ext. 3953
Universite de Montreal | Fax: +1-514-343-7586
C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-Ville | Deutsch/Esperanto/English/Nederlands/
Montreal (QC) H3C 3J7 | Francais (phase experimentale)
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From hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca Tue May 28 00:51:37 1996
From: hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca (Konrad HINSEN)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 19:51:37 -0400
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] [Q] Array->String conversion, how?
In-Reply-To: <199605231312.JAA18508@maigret> (da@maigret.cog.brown.edu)
Message-ID: <199605272351.TAA22272@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA>
> Speaking of which, isn't it odd that:
>
> >>> arange(10)
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> >>> arange(10.0)
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> >>> arange(0.0,10.0)
> 0.00000 1.00000 2.00000 3.00000 4.00000 5.00000 6.00000 7.00000 8.00000 9.00000
On my machine the last two give the same answer, as expected. If they
don't for you, I suspect rounding problems. Check if
arange(0.0,10.0)-arange(10.0)
really gives zeroes. If so, my printing code behaves funnily on your
machine. If not, arange() behaves funnily ;-)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Konrad Hinsen | E-Mail: hinsenk@ere.umontreal.ca
Departement de chimie | Tel.: +1-514-343-6111 ext. 3953
Universite de Montreal | Fax: +1-514-343-7586
C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-Ville | Deutsch/Esperanto/English/Nederlands/
Montreal (QC) H3C 3J7 | Francais (phase experimentale)
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From busby@icf.llnl.gov Tue May 28 17:46:40 1996
From: busby@icf.llnl.gov (L. Busby)
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 09:46:40 PDT
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] ANNOUNCE: Gist Scientific graphics module for Python
Message-ID: <9605281646.AA29432@icf.llnl.gov>
I'm releasing the first version of my Gist module for Python.
You can pick up a copy at
ftp-icf.llnl.gov:/pub/python/busby/pygist-1.0.tgz
This module is dependent on the Numeric module due to Hugunin
and others. So until that module reaches public release, the
Gist module should also stay within the matrix-sig.
Following is the README.gist file from the release:
==============================================================================
This is the README file for the Python Gist Scientific Graphics Module,
version 1.0, written by Lee Busby of Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory.
Copyright (c) 1996.
The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.
==============================================================================
DESCRIPTION
"Gist" is a scientific graphics library written by David H. Munro
of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It features support for
three common graphics output devices: X-Windows, (Color) PostScript,
and ANSI/ISO Standard Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM). The library
is small (written directly to Xlib), portable, efficient, and
full-featured. It produces x-vs-y plots with "good" tick marks and tick
labels, 2-D quadrilateral mesh plots with contours, vector fields, or
pseudocolor maps on such meshes, with 3-D plots on the way.
The Python Gist module utilizes the new ``Numeric'' module due to J.
Hugunin and others. It is therefore fast and able to handle large
datasets. The Gist module includes an X-windows event dispatcher which
can be dynamically added (e.g., via importing a dynamically loaded
module) to the Python interpreter after a simple two-line modification
to the Python core. This makes fast mouse-controlled zoom, pan, and
other graphic operations available to the researcher while maintaining
the usual Python command-line interface.
==============================================================================
AVAILABILITY
ftp-icf.llnl.gov:/pub/python/busby/pygist-1.0.tgz
==============================================================================
CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE
./LEGAL.gist : Copyright and Disclaimer
./Lib/numeric/gist.help : Major documentation for gist module
./Lib/numeric/gist.py : Python code for gist module
./Lib/numeric/gistdemo.py : Demonstration program
./Lib/numeric/help.help : Documentation for help module
./Lib/numeric/help.py : The help module
./Modules/Setup.forgist : Typical compilation lines for gist
./Modules/gistCmodule.c : C code for gist module
./Parser/myreadline.c : Replacement for python file
./README.gist : This file
==============================================================================
INSTALLATION
Installation of the Python gist module is complicated by its dependence
on another not-yet standard Python module, the "Numeric" module by
Hugunin et al, and the Gist graphics library itself. The Gist module has
been tested only with Python 1.3.
The current version of the Numeric module as of 24May96 can be obtained as
ftp://sls-ftp.lcs.mit.edu/pub/jjh/NumericalPython-0.36.tar.gz
It includes instructions sufficient for its installation.
The Gist library is included with the distribution of David Munro's Yorick
interpreter. The current version is 1.2. Yorick can be obtained at
ftp-icf.llnl.gov:/pub/Yorick/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
wuarchive.wustl.edu: /languages/yorick/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/languages/yorick/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/apps/math/matrix/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
netlib.att.com: /netlib/env/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
netlib2.cs.utk.edu: /env/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
Yorick also includes ample instructions for its installation. It is
easiest to simply install the entire Yorick distribution. This requires
only about 5MB of disk space. Building Yorick requires 10-15MB of
additional temporary space. If you are interested in Python Gist,
chances are you may also be interested in Yorick itself. However, should
you desire to remove the files not strictly necessary for compilation
and installation of Python Gist, here is a list of the *required* files
and directories: (${prefix} defaults to /usr/local.)
${prefix}/Yorick/gist # Style and color palette files
${prefix}/bin/gist # Standalone CGM browser program
${prefix}/lib/libgist.a # The Gist library
${prefix}/yorhome/{dispas.h, dispat.h, gist.h, hlevel.h} # header files
You may also want to save or print out various documentation files
included with Yorick. After you have installed Yorick and unpacked the
Numeric module into your toplevel Python working directory, you are
ready to install Gist:
CONCISE INSTRUCTIONS
1) Install Yorick.
2) Untar the Numeric module into your toplevel Python working directory,
and follow its instructions up to the point where you would begin
compilation of python. (Untar the additional patches and make
necessary additions and modifications to Modules/Setup.)
3) Copy pygist-1.0.tgz to the top of your python distribution.
4) cd Python-1.3; zcat pygist-1.0.tgz | tar xf -
This adds files at the top level, and in subdirectories Lib and Modules.
It overwrites the file Parser/myreadline.c with a slightly modified
version. Save a backup copy if you want to compare the change.
5) Modify Modules/Setup by adding appropriate lines from
Modules/Setup.forgist. Setup.forgist assumes that you installed
Yorick in its default location. Change YPREFIX as necessary if
your Yorick is installed somewhere else. The gist module can be
dynamically loaded on most platforms, if you prefer.
6) Configure and compile Python.
=============================================================================
RUNNING GIST
After you have successfully compiled Python with Gist, you can test
it by running
>>> import gistdemo
>>> gistdemo.run()
and you can get started with the online help using
>>> from gist import *
>>> help("help.")
>>> help("gist.")
=============================================================================
AUTHOR'S ADDRESS
Lee Busby, mailstop L-472
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA, USA 94550
E-mail: busby1@llnl.gov
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From busby@icf.llnl.gov Tue May 28 17:46:40 1996
From: busby@icf.llnl.gov (L. Busby)
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 09:46:40 PDT
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] ANNOUNCE: Gist Scientific graphics module for Python
Message-ID: <9605281646.AA29432@icf.llnl.gov>
I'm releasing the first version of my Gist module for Python.
You can pick up a copy at
ftp-icf.llnl.gov:/pub/python/busby/pygist-1.0.tgz
This module is dependent on the Numeric module due to Hugunin
and others. So until that module reaches public release, the
Gist module should also stay within the matrix-sig.
Following is the README.gist file from the release:
==============================================================================
This is the README file for the Python Gist Scientific Graphics Module,
version 1.0, written by Lee Busby of Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory.
Copyright (c) 1996.
The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.
==============================================================================
DESCRIPTION
"Gist" is a scientific graphics library written by David H. Munro
of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It features support for
three common graphics output devices: X-Windows, (Color) PostScript,
and ANSI/ISO Standard Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM). The library
is small (written directly to Xlib), portable, efficient, and
full-featured. It produces x-vs-y plots with "good" tick marks and tick
labels, 2-D quadrilateral mesh plots with contours, vector fields, or
pseudocolor maps on such meshes, with 3-D plots on the way.
The Python Gist module utilizes the new ``Numeric'' module due to J.
Hugunin and others. It is therefore fast and able to handle large
datasets. The Gist module includes an X-windows event dispatcher which
can be dynamically added (e.g., via importing a dynamically loaded
module) to the Python interpreter after a simple two-line modification
to the Python core. This makes fast mouse-controlled zoom, pan, and
other graphic operations available to the researcher while maintaining
the usual Python command-line interface.
==============================================================================
AVAILABILITY
ftp-icf.llnl.gov:/pub/python/busby/pygist-1.0.tgz
==============================================================================
CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE
./LEGAL.gist : Copyright and Disclaimer
./Lib/numeric/gist.help : Major documentation for gist module
./Lib/numeric/gist.py : Python code for gist module
./Lib/numeric/gistdemo.py : Demonstration program
./Lib/numeric/help.help : Documentation for help module
./Lib/numeric/help.py : The help module
./Modules/Setup.forgist : Typical compilation lines for gist
./Modules/gistCmodule.c : C code for gist module
./Parser/myreadline.c : Replacement for python file
./README.gist : This file
==============================================================================
INSTALLATION
Installation of the Python gist module is complicated by its dependence
on another not-yet standard Python module, the "Numeric" module by
Hugunin et al, and the Gist graphics library itself. The Gist module has
been tested only with Python 1.3.
The current version of the Numeric module as of 24May96 can be obtained as
ftp://sls-ftp.lcs.mit.edu/pub/jjh/NumericalPython-0.36.tar.gz
It includes instructions sufficient for its installation.
The Gist library is included with the distribution of David Munro's Yorick
interpreter. The current version is 1.2. Yorick can be obtained at
ftp-icf.llnl.gov:/pub/Yorick/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
wuarchive.wustl.edu: /languages/yorick/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/languages/yorick/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/apps/math/matrix/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
netlib.att.com: /netlib/env/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
netlib2.cs.utk.edu: /env/yorick-1.2.tar.gz
Yorick also includes ample instructions for its installation. It is
easiest to simply install the entire Yorick distribution. This requires
only about 5MB of disk space. Building Yorick requires 10-15MB of
additional temporary space. If you are interested in Python Gist,
chances are you may also be interested in Yorick itself. However, should
you desire to remove the files not strictly necessary for compilation
and installation of Python Gist, here is a list of the *required* files
and directories: (${prefix} defaults to /usr/local.)
${prefix}/Yorick/gist # Style and color palette files
${prefix}/bin/gist # Standalone CGM browser program
${prefix}/lib/libgist.a # The Gist library
${prefix}/yorhome/{dispas.h, dispat.h, gist.h, hlevel.h} # header files
You may also want to save or print out various documentation files
included with Yorick. After you have installed Yorick and unpacked the
Numeric module into your toplevel Python working directory, you are
ready to install Gist:
CONCISE INSTRUCTIONS
1) Install Yorick.
2) Untar the Numeric module into your toplevel Python working directory,
and follow its instructions up to the point where you would begin
compilation of python. (Untar the additional patches and make
necessary additions and modifications to Modules/Setup.)
3) Copy pygist-1.0.tgz to the top of your python distribution.
4) cd Python-1.3; zcat pygist-1.0.tgz | tar xf -
This adds files at the top level, and in subdirectories Lib and Modules.
It overwrites the file Parser/myreadline.c with a slightly modified
version. Save a backup copy if you want to compare the change.
5) Modify Modules/Setup by adding appropriate lines from
Modules/Setup.forgist. Setup.forgist assumes that you installed
Yorick in its default location. Change YPREFIX as necessary if
your Yorick is installed somewhere else. The gist module can be
dynamically loaded on most platforms, if you prefer.
6) Configure and compile Python.
=============================================================================
RUNNING GIST
After you have successfully compiled Python with Gist, you can test
it by running
>>> import gistdemo
>>> gistdemo.run()
and you can get started with the online help using
>>> from gist import *
>>> help("help.")
>>> help("gist.")
=============================================================================
AUTHOR'S ADDRESS
Lee Busby, mailstop L-472
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
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From Emmanuel.Viennet@laforia.ibp.fr Wed May 29 18:40:31 1996
From: Emmanuel.Viennet@laforia.ibp.fr (VIENNET Emmanuel 48.06.27.97 Equipe Gallinari)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 19:40:31 +0200
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Two questions
Message-ID: <199605291740.TAA26065@lpia2.ibp.fr>
Hi all,
I'm using Numerical Python 0.36 since a few weeks and I'm really
impressed...
Two questions, however:
1- I'd like to compute with floats, instead of doubles, to save
storage (for now, I frequently run out of my 100Mo swap space).
1.1 : this is probably a bug:
>>> from Numeric import *
>>> a = ones(10,Float(32))
>>> a.typecode()
'd'
1.2 : the above bug comes from an implicit conversion :
>>> a = zeros(10,Float(32))
>>> a.typecode()
'f'
>>> b = a + 1
>>> b.typecode()
'd'
The consequence is that's currently impossible to compute with
floats... ? I don't exactly remember the conclusions from the
previous discussions about conversion rules, but the current behaviour
is uncomfortable, especially with *big* arrays. Did I miss something ?
2- The second question :
The following code builds and returns an array from C:
PyArrayObject arr = (PyArrayObject *)PyArray_FromDims(
nbdims,dims, PyArray_FLOAT );
if (!arr) {
...
}
do something with arr->data
return Py_BuildValue("O", arr );
Is this right ? (This seems to leak).
Thanks for your attention
Emmanuel
--
Emmanuel Viennet: <viennet@ura1507.univ-paris13.fr>
LIPN - Institut Galilee - Universite Paris-Nord
93430 Villetaneuse - France
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From dubois1@llnl.gov Wed May 29 19:00:21 1996
From: dubois1@llnl.gov (Paul F. Dubois)
Date: Wed, 29 May 96 11:00:21 PDT
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Two questions
Message-ID: <9605291800.AA15205@icf.llnl.gov>
We decided to make it harder to compute with floats rather than hard to
behave normally. (:->. Seriously, the design tradeoff was to either force the
person who wanted to be sure they stayed float to be more careful or to
screw up automatic type conversion. Since double does not cost a great deal
more CPU than single, the issue is just those arrays for which space is a
major issue.
In your example you need to make the scalar you are adding to 'a' to also be
a float array of size 1.
Yes, your example leaks. Just return the new array without Py_BuildValue,
since the latter adds a reference. You already have one from the creation call.
>
> Hi all,
>
>I'm using Numerical Python 0.36 since a few weeks and I'm really
>impressed...
>Two questions, however:
>
> 1- I'd like to compute with floats, instead of doubles, to save
> storage (for now, I frequently run out of my 100Mo swap space).
> 1.1 : this is probably a bug:
> >>> from Numeric import *
> >>> a = ones(10,Float(32))
> >>> a.typecode()
> 'd'
> 1.2 : the above bug comes from an implicit conversion :
> >>> a = zeros(10,Float(32))
> >>> a.typecode()
> 'f'
> >>> b = a + 1
> >>> b.typecode()
> 'd'
>The consequence is that's currently impossible to compute with
>floats... ? I don't exactly remember the conclusions from the
>previous discussions about conversion rules, but the current behaviour
>is uncomfortable, especially with *big* arrays. Did I miss something ?
>
>
> 2- The second question :
>The following code builds and returns an array from C:
>
> PyArrayObject arr = (PyArrayObject *)PyArray_FromDims(
> nbdims,dims, PyArray_FLOAT );
> if (!arr) {
> ...
> }
> do something with arr->data
>
> return Py_BuildValue("O", arr );
>
>Is this right ? (This seems to leak).
>
>
>Thanks for your attention
>Emmanuel
>
>--
>Emmanuel Viennet: <viennet@ura1507.univ-paris13.fr>
>LIPN - Institut Galilee - Universite Paris-Nord
>93430 Villetaneuse - France
>
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From pas@lems.brown.edu Wed May 29 19:16:46 1996
From: pas@lems.brown.edu (Perry A. Stoll)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 14:16:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Two questions
In-Reply-To: <199605291740.TAA26065@lpia2.ibp.fr>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960529140907.26583A-100000@lems23>
On Wed, 29 May 1996, VIENNET Emmanuel 48.06.27.97 Equipe Gallinari wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Numerical Python 0.36 since a few weeks and I'm really
great!
>
> 1- I'd like to compute with floats, instead of doubles, to save
Nasty matte, that. I'll wait for more knowledgable folks to answer
that...
> 2- The second question :
> The following code builds and returns an array from C:
>
> PyArrayObject arr = (PyArrayObject *)PyArray_FromDims(
> nbdims,dims, PyArray_FLOAT );
[snip]>
> return Py_BuildValue("O", arr );
> Is this right ? (This seems to leak).
That's a leak. In this case all you need to do:
return (PyObject *)arr;
When you create an object, in this case with the function
PyArra_FromDims, you almost always own a reference to it. All you need
to do is pass "your" reference back to the interpreter. Using
Py_BuildValue, you're creating an extra reference to "arr" which
never gets deleted and leaks memory.
--Perry
<pas@lems.brown.edu>
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From pas@lems.brown.edu Wed May 29 19:16:46 1996
From: pas@lems.brown.edu (Perry A. Stoll)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 14:16:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Two questions
In-Reply-To: <199605291740.TAA26065@lpia2.ibp.fr>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960529140907.26583A-100000@lems23>
On Wed, 29 May 1996, VIENNET Emmanuel 48.06.27.97 Equipe Gallinari wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Numerical Python 0.36 since a few weeks and I'm really
great!
>
> 1- I'd like to compute with floats, instead of doubles, to save
Nasty matte, that. I'll wait for more knowledgable folks to answer
that...
> 2- The second question :
> The following code builds and returns an array from C:
>
> PyArrayObject arr = (PyArrayObject *)PyArray_FromDims(
> nbdims,dims, PyArray_FLOAT );
[snip]>
> return Py_BuildValue("O", arr );
> Is this right ? (This seems to leak).
That's a leak. In this case all you need to do:
return (PyObject *)arr;
When you create an object, in this case with the function
PyArra_FromDims, you almost always own a reference to it. All you need
to do is pass "your" reference back to the interpreter. Using
Py_BuildValue, you're creating an extra reference to "arr" which
never gets deleted and leaks memory.
--Perry
<pas@lems.brown.edu>
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From barton@simsg1.mdc.com Wed May 29 23:40:05 1996
From: barton@simsg1.mdc.com (Brien Barton)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 15:40:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Numerical exception handling
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.691231160000.21914A-100000@simsg1.mdc.com>
My apologies if this has already been covered. The following is a
demonstration of an error that is not handled gracefully when using array
objects:
>>> b=array([1,2,3])
>>> b.x=10
Fatal Python error: print_error called but no exception
Abort (core dumped)
Other objects, such as an integer variable, don't cause a core dump:
>>> a=5
>>> a.x=10
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: attribute-less object (assign or del)
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