[Numpy-discussion] Core math library in numpy

[Neal Becker]

Pauli Virtanen <pav <at> iki.fi> writes:

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> One question: doesn't this add one extra function call to all umath 
> functions? Could we do '#define npy_XXX XXX' in the npy_math.h header 
> when the appropriate platform-specified functions are available?

There shouldn't be overhead on modern compilers for simple functions.  On gcc
use __inline__ should eliminate overhead (also, -O3 should automatically
inline).