[Numpy-discussion] Just what is an "Int32" ?

[Chris Barker]

Hi all,

I'm writing an extension that uses a NumPy array (among other things).
To make sure that I have passed in what I'm looking for, I do a:

if (Array->descr->type_num != PyArray_LONG) ...
	PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError,"Array is the wrong type");
	return NULL;
  }
(I want Array to be an array of longs)

When I call my extension with an array built using array([...],Int32),
this error results (this is on both Windows and Linux on Intel
hardware). If I build the array with "Int" it works fine. This isn't
really a problem, but I am curious, what is an Int32 on Intel hardware?,
and why wouldn't it be a long?

-Chris





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