[Numpy-discussion] Accessing irregular sized array data from C

Sturla Molden sturla.molden at gmail.com
Wed Jul 2 15:12:17 EDT 2014


Julian Taylor <jtaylor.debian at googlemail.com> wrote:
 
> another thing, don't use int as the index to the array, use npy_intp
> which is large enough to also index arrays > 4GB if the platform
> supports it.

With double* a 32-bit int can index 16 GB, a 32-bit unsigned int can index
32 GB. 

With char* a 32-bit int can only index 2 GB.


Sturla




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