[Numpy-discussion] NumPy, Numeric or numarray or all of them?

[Mateusz Łoskot]

Travis Oliphant wrote:
> Mateusz ?oskot wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I'm a developer contributing to GDAL project (http://www.gdal.org).
>>  GDAL is a core GeoSpatial Librarry that has had Python bindings 
>> for a while. Recently, we did get some reports from users that GDAL
>>  bindings do not work with NumPy package.
> 
> 
> Most packages can be "ported" simply by replacing include 
> "Numeric/arrayobject.h" with include "numpy/arrayobject.h" and making
>  sure the include files are retrieved from the right place. NumPy was
>  designed to make porting from Numeric a breeze.

Yes, portging to NumPy seems to be straightforward.

>> This situation brings some questions we'd like to ask NumPy Dev
>> Team:
>> 
>> Is it fair to say we are unlikely to see Numeric releases for new 
>> Pythons in the future?
>> 
> 
> Yes, that's fair. Nobody is maintaining Numeric.

I understand.

>> Can we consider NumPy as the only package in future?
>> 
> 
> Yes. That's where development is currently active.

Clear.
So, I'm now working on moving GDAL bindings to Python to NumPy.

>> What's the recommended way to go now?
>> 
> 
> 
> I've ported tens of packages to NumPy from Numeric and have had very 
> little trouble. It is not difficult. Most of the time, simply
> replacing the *.h file with the one from numpy works fine. It might
> be a bit trickier to get your headers from the right place. The
> directory is returned by
> 
> import numpy.distutils 
> numpy.distutils.misc_util.get_numpy_include_dirs()
> 
> Give it a try it's not very difficult.

Thank you very much for valuable tips.
I've just started to port it. I'll give some note about results.

Cheers
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Mateusz Łoskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net