[SciPy-Dev] PyRSB: Python interface to librsb sparse matrices library

[Michele Martone]

On 20170624 at 16:29, Sylvain Corlay wrote:
> Hi Michele,

Hi Sylvain,

> This is really interesting. I am a co-author of the xtensor project and one
> thing that could be interesting is to wrap the various sparse matrix data
> structures in the form of xtensor expressions. A byproduct of doing so is
> that it would simplify creating bindings for multiple scientific computing
> languages (Python, Julia, R, and more coming). You can see the blog post
> http://quantstack.net/c++/2017/05/30/polyglot-scientific-computing-with-
> xtensor.html for reference...
This article exemplifies manipulation of numerical arrays.
Now I ask you: Given an interactive language $L of the one you cite above,
can xtensor provide objects with custom type and operators for manipulation
in *that* language, like in e.g. the pyrsb case:
  a=rsb_matrix((4,4))
  print(a+a) # + operator and 'print' interfacing
?

> Also, one quick question: is the LGPL license a deliberate choice or is it
> not important to you? Most projects in the Python scientific stack are BSD
> licensed. So the LGPL choice makes it unlikely that a higher-level project
> adopts it as a dependency. If you are the only copyright holder, you would
> still have the possibility to license it under a more permissive license
> such as BSD or MIT...
No important choice.
No problems relicensing the PyRSB prototype to BSD or MIT.
 
> Congratulations on the release!
Thanks for the interest and welcome constructive feedback :-)

> Sylvain
> 
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> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Michele Martone <michelemartone at users.
> sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> >
> >  I'm the author of the high performance multithreaded sparse matrix
> > library `librsb' (mostly C, LGPLv3): http://librsb.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >  I'm *not* a user of SciPy/NumPy/Python, but using Cython I have
> > written a proof-of-concept interface to librsb, named `PyRSB':
> >  https://github.com/michelemartone/pyrsb
> >
> >  PyRSB is in a prototypal state; e.g. still lacks good error handling.
> >  Its interface is trivial, as it mimicks that of SciPy's 'csr_matrix'.
> >  Advantages over csr_matrix are in fast multithreaded multiplication
> > of huge sparse matrices.
> >  Intended application area is iterative solution of linear systems;
> > particularly fast if with symmetric matrices and many rhs.
> >
> > With this email I am looking for prospective:
> >  - users/testers
> >  - developers (any interest to collaborate/adopt/include the project?)
> >
> > Looking forward for your feedback,
> > Michele
> >
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