[Numpy-discussion] C-extension -- how do I accept a vector of both type double and type int?
Robert Kern
robert.kern at gmail.com
Thu Jul 26 18:34:29 EDT 2007
Geoffrey Zhu wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I finally build a C extension. The one problem I found is that it is
> too picky about the input. For example, it accepts
> array([1.0,2.0,3.0]) with no problem, but when I pass in
> array([1,2,3]), since the dtype of the array is now int, my extension
> does not like it.
Okay. Show us the code that you are using, and we can help you find a better way.
> How do I handle this situation? Is there any way to access any data
> type that can be converted into a double?
I usually use PyArray_FROM_OTF(). That handles the usual cases. It's pretty much
like starting off a pure Python function with asarray(x, dtype=whatever).
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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