[Numpy-discussion] int16 or int32 for C int ?

[Todd Miller]

On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 09:36 +0200, Nicolas Pernetty wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:28:25 -0400, Todd Miller <jmiller at stsci.edu>
> wrote :
> 
> > > 
> > > I would like to create a numarray array from a C buffer of 'int' but
> > > I don't quite know how to handle different 'int' representation (16
> > > or 32 bits).
> > 
> > On the platforms we test on at least,  int == Int32.  This is even
> > true for the 64-bit platforms I've seen.
> > 
> > > For instante should I use :
> > > 
> > > int a[10][20];
> > > x = NA_NewArray(a, tInt16, 2, 10, 20);
> > > 
> > > or :
> > > int a[10][20];
> > > x = NA_NewArray(a, tInt32, 2, 10, 20);
> > > 
> > > Should I use some macro to determine size of int ?
> > 
> > You can do that with: sizeof(int)
> > 
> 
> Ok so If I want to make a really multiplatforms program, I should type :
> 
> int a[10][20];
> if (sizeof(**a)==4)
>     x = NA_NewArray(a, tInt32, 2, 10, 20);
> else
>     x = NA_NewArray(a, tInt16, 2, 10, 20);
> 
> This is the recommended way ?

I think this would be better:

Int32 a[10][20];

x = NA_NewArray(a, tInt32, 2, 10, 20);

Or,  just do:

x = NA_NewArray(NULL, tInt32, 2, 10, 20)

and numarray will allocate the array storage which is then pointed to by
x->data.

Regards,
Todd