FW: [Numpy-discussion] typecodes in numarray

[Todd Miller]

Francesc Alted wrote:

>A Dilluns 27 Gener 2003 20:52, Todd Miller va escriure:
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>>>Oh!, I didn't know that. In such a case, I think it's worth to consider
>>>the possibility to define records as classes descendants from
>>>metaclasses. But, of course, you have the ultimate decision.
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>>I don't know what you mean here.   Please spell it out a little more.
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>I was trying to mean that using something like :
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>class Small(IsRecord):
>    field1 = defineType(CharType, 2, default="", position=1)
>    field2 = defineType(Int32, 1, position=2)
>    field3 = Float64
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>as as container for recarray metadata is definitely possible instead of the
>tuple (formats="2aid",names=("field1","field2", "field3")), if using
>Python2.2. IsRecord is a metaclass (introduced in Python 2.2) that allows
>you to effectively separate the declared attributes from the implicit ones
>in normal classes.
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>Of course, you can taylor IsRecord so as to fulfill your needs.
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>I hope that I have expressed myself more clearly now,
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I looked at your docs here: 
http://pytables.sourceforge.net/html-doc/usersguide-html4.html#section4.2
and what you said above clicked.  Thanks.

Todd