[Numpy-discussion] how to get data out of an object array in pyrex?

[Travis Oliphant]

Jeff Whitaker wrote:

>
> Hi:  I've successfully used the examples at 
> http://www.scipy.org/Wiki/Cookbook/Pyrex_and_NumPy to access the data 
> in a 'normal' numpy array, but have had no success adapting these 
> examples to work with object arrays.  I understand that the .data 
> attribute holds pointers to the objects which actually contain the 
> data in an object array, but how to you use those pointers to get the 
> data in C/pyrex?

You have a pointer to a PyObject *object in the data.  Thus, data should 
be recast to PyObject **.  I don't know how to do that in PyRex.  But, 
it's easy in C. 

In C, you will need to be concerned about reference counts.  I don't 
know how pyrex handles this.