[Numpy-discussion] recarray2 re-visited

[Francesc Alted]

Hi,

As I needed a byteswap() method for recarray, after a bit of hacking I've
made one myself. This is based on my own version of recarray to take
advantage of the _fields cache so as to both speed-up and simplify the new
code.

Basically, the new method takes a recarray, checking which columns are
numarray arrays and invoking their byteswap() method if needed. Easy, but
effective. Moreover, a _byteswap() and togglebyteorder() are provided to be
compatible with existing methods in NumArray objects.

As a plus, the recarray __str__ has been modified in order to allow a
printing having in mind the byteorder of the recarray, and improving the
speed of printing by a factor of 30, that can be handy in some situations.

Do with it whatever you want,

-- 
Francesc Alted
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recarray shape in test ==> (10000,)
Assignment in recarray original
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Assign time: 1.24  Rows/s: 8064

Assignment in recarray modified
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Assign time: 0.16  Rows/s: 62499  Speed-up: 7.75

Selection in recarray original
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This record pass the cut ==> 0.0 (row 0 )
This record pass the cut ==> 1.0 (row 1 )
This record pass the cut ==> 4.0 (row 2 )
Select time: 1.53  Rows/s: 6535

Selection in recarray modified
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This record pass the cut ==> 0.0 (row 0 )
This record pass the cut ==> 1.0 (row 1 )
This record pass the cut ==> 4.0 (row 2 )
Select time: 0.15  Rows/s: 66666  Speed-up: 10.2

Printing in recarray original
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Print time: 18.11  Rows/s: 552

Printing in recarray modified
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Print time: 0.63  Rows/s: 15872  Speed-up: 28.746

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