[Numpy-discussion] Calling LAPACK function dbdsqr()?

[Philip Semanchuk]

On Dec 13, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Pauli Virtanen wrote:

> 13.12.2012 21:26, Philip Semanchuk kirjoitti:
>> I'm porting some Fortran code that makes use of a number of BLAS and
>> LAPACK functions, including dbdsqr(). I've found all of the functions
>> I need via scipy.linalg.lapack.get_lapack_funcs/get_blas_funcs() except
>> for dbdsqr().
> [clip]
> 
> If you tolerate having compiled code, you can relatively easily wrap the
> LAPACK routine you need using f2py.

Hi Pauli,
THanks for the tip. We already have access to a compiled version, but maintaining that across 3 platforms and 32/64-bit is a headache, which is why we're aiming for pure Python plus numpy/scipy.

bye
Philip