[pypy-dev] Questions Regarding Scipy in Pypy (Not a Feature Request)

[Steven Jackson]

Which source files/functions/line numbers should I take a look at, as
specifically as possible?

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Steven Jackson
> <stevenjackson121 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am definitely open to working on Numpy first, my only hesitation was
> that
> > it might be hard to get spun up, and scipy seemed like something I could
> > slice off and do (some of) by myself without accidentally conflicting
> with
> > ongoing development efforts.
> >
> > If, as your replies have indicated, Numpy isn't being very actively
> > developed, and it would be easy to get caught up and avoid conflicting
> with
> > other developers, then I'd be glad to help there instead of independently
> > trying to get scipy going.
>
> That sounds very good to me. The thing I started (and I'm not actively
> working on it for at least a week or two more) is to clean up stuff
> and try to reuse pure-python numpy part without changes
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Daπid <davidmenhur at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I believe the reason is that they prefer to focus the development
> >> effort into the more "basic" Numpy and from that go on. Numpy is not
> >> fully implemented
> >>
> >> I am working (actually, right now I am only in the "thinking" state)
> >> on some modules of NumPy, maybe we could coordinate and give this a
> >> boost.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Steven Jackson
> >> <stevenjackson121 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I know there is no current plan to implement scipy in pypy, but
> >> > searching
> >> > the PyPy website, I was not able to find the reason.
> >> >
> >> > If it is not to be included as a feature due to lack of interest or
> >> > developer time, I am offering to begin rewriting scipy in pure python
> (I
> >> > have quite a bit of free time to do this).
> >> > If it has been discussed and actively excluded from pypy, I would like
> >> > to
> >> > know that before I waste too much time rewriting it.
> >> >
> >> > I have an active interest in being able to use some modules which
> depend
> >> > on
> >> > scipy while using the PyPy interpreter (especially pyBrain). I have
> seen
> >> > the
> >> > hack on the pypy blog:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/12/plotting-using-matplotlib-from-pypy.html
> >> >
> >> > I could simply use the hack myself, but unless there's a reason not
> too,
> >> > I
> >> > think it'd be nice to have scipy available as a pure python module
> >> > (perhaps
> >> > called scipypy in the same manner as numpy).
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Steven Jackson
> >> >
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> >
> >
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> >
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Steven Jackson
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