[Numpy-discussion] Py3 merge

[Charles R Harris]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Charles R Harris
<charlesr.harris at gmail.com>wrote:

>
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> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Pauli Virtanen <pav at iki.fi> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to commit my Py3 Numpy branch to SVN trunk soon:
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>>        http://github.com/pv/numpy-work/commits/py3k
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>> For an overview, check the notes:
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>>        http://github.com/pv/numpy-work/blob/py3k/doc/Py3K.txt
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> That's a nice set of notes, very informative.
>
>
>> None of the changes should affect behavior on Py2. The test status
>> currently is:
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>>        Python 3.1:
>>        Ran 1964 tests in 10.294s
>>        FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=5, errors=435, failures=74)
>>
>>
> Heh, at least we are far enough along to get errors and failures.
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>>        Python 2.4:
>>        Ran 2480 tests in 18.209s
>>        OK (KNOWNFAIL=4, SKIP=2)
>>
>>        Python 2.5:
>>        Ran 2483 tests in 18.552s
>>        OK (KNOWNFAIL=4)
>>
>>        Python 2.6:
>>        Ran 2484 tests in 20.359s
>>        OK (KNOWNFAIL=5)
>>
>> The next TODOs are:
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>> - Map 'S' scalartype to 'U' on Py3, and add a new scalartype for bytes
>> - Finish the rest of the PyString transition
>> - Fix I/O
>> - Hammer out causes for test failures
>>
>>
> We need character arrays for the astro people. I assume these will be byte
> arrays. Maybe Michael will weigh in here.
>
>
>> More TODOs are listed in Py3K.txt.
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>>
> Work, work, work. Great start.
>
>
PS, I wonder if it would be useful to keep the detailed info on the new type
structures in a supplementary file. They might be useful to someone else as
I had to dig through the Py3k sources to get them.

Chuck
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