[Numpy-discussion] GSoC : Performance parity between numpy arrays and Python scalars

[Arink Verma]

I have created a new PR, have removed one irrelevant version check.
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/3304/files


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Arink Verma <arinkverma at iitrpr.ac.in>wrote:

> I hardly found, any thing to improve and correct.. not even typo in docs?
> Where we need to avoid the version checks?
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Charles R Harris <
> charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
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>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:47 PM, <josef.pktd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Charles R Harris
>>> >> <charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Ralf Gommers <
>>> ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Pauli Virtanen <pav at iki.fi> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Charles R Harris <charlesr.harris <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>> >>>>> [clip]
>>> >>>>> > * Did you notice this line on the requirements page? "Having your
>>> >>>>> > first pull request merged before the GSoC application deadline
>>> (May
>>> >>>>> > 3)
>>> >>>>> > is required for your application to be accepted."
>>> >>>>> >
>>> >>>>> > Where is that last requirement? It seems out of line to me.
>>> >>>>> > Arink now has a pull request, but it looks intrusive enough
>>> >>>>> > and needs enough work that I don't think we can just put it in.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Well, we wrote so here:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>     http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/wiki/SummerofCodeIdeas
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> but that's maybe just a mistake -- PSF states exactly the opposite:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/ApplicationTemplate2013
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> It wasn't a mistake - the part of a PR process that is most
>>> interesting
>>> >>>> in the context of evaluating GSoC applications is the dialogue and
>>> how the
>>> >>>> submitter deals with feedback.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I forgot to add on that page (although I think it was in one of my
>>> >>>> emails) that the patch shouldn't be completely trivial - fixing a
>>> typo
>>> >>>> doesn't really tell us all that much. But in this case Chuck's
>>> suggestion on
>>> >>>> the PR of how to get something merged looks fine.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> My feeling is that learning to work with the community is part of the
>>> >>> process after acceptance and one of the reasons there are mentors.
>>> You might
>>> >>> get some bad choices skipping the submission/acceptance bit, but you
>>> might
>>> >>> also close the door on people who are new to the whole thing.
>>> Ideally, the
>>> >>> applicants would already have involved themselves with the community,
>>> >>> practically that may often not be ths case.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> You may be right in all of that, but since there's a good chance that
>>> >> there are more applicants than slots I'd rather not make those bad
>>> choices
>>> >> if they're acceptable.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > acceptable --> avoidable
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Right now we have three solid proposals, from Arink, Blake and Surya.
>>> If
>>> >> we're lucky we'll get three slots, but if not then we'll have a tough
>>> choice
>>> >> to make.
>>> >>
>>> >> The application deadline is tomorrow, so now is the time for final
>>> tweaks
>>> >> to the proposals. After that of course the plan can still be worked
>>> out
>>> >> more, but it can't be edited on Melange anymore.
>>>
>>> Terri can still make it editable on Melange if necessary.
>>>
>>>
>> Arink, you still have work to do for a PR.
>>
>> Chuck.
>>
>>
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> Arink
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Arink
Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
www.arinkverma.in
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