[Matrix-SIG] NumPy Array as buffer.

[David Ascher]

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Travis Oliphant wrote:

> Are appropriate methods going to be added to NumPy to allow arrays to be
> read and written to as a buffer?  Has this been looked into before?
> 
> I'm hesitant to do anything right now because of the "long-promised"
> update to NumPy.  Perhaps the coming Extension Class model will solve all
> my problems :-)

1) I've started looking into the buffer interface, but haven't made any
   concrete changes.  I agree that it is a very promising notion.  Note also that
   PIL currently doesn't support the buffer interface, but Fredrik is
   aware of its potential benefits.

2) I think you'll see a beta release of the EC work within a day or two.  

--david