[Numpy-discussion] convert array to tuples?

[Sebastian Haase]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Christopher Barker
<Chris.Barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> HI folks,
>
> What's the fastest way to convert a numpy array to tuples?
>
> Unfortunately, not all packages take arbitrary sequences when they are
> expecting a list of tuples. In this case, I'm using PIL's ImageDraw, and
> want to do:
>
> draw.line(points)
>
> (points is an Nx2 numpy array of ints)
>
> but if I pass in an array, I get, oddly enough, nothing. NO error, just
> nothing drawn.
>
> if I do:
>
> draw.line(points.tolist())
>
> SystemError: new style getargs format but argument is not a tuple
>
> So I seem to need tuples. This works:
>
> draw.line([tuple(p) for p in points.tolist()])
>
> but that seems like it would be slower than it should be (to be honest,
> not profiled).
>
> Is there a faster way?
>
> Maybe numpy should have a ndarray.totuple() method.
>
> -Chris
>
How about fixing PIL... I know that there is not a good track record
of getting patches into PIL ,
but did you get to the bottom of it and find how draw.line is implemented?
BTW, is it drawing anti-aliased lines ?

- Sebastian Haase