[Numpy-discussion] Array interface updated to Version 3 (original) (raw)

Travis Oliphant oliphant.travis at ieee.org
Tue Jun 20 15:27:16 EDT 2006

Thomas Heller wrote:

Travis Oliphant schrieb:

I just updated the array interface page to emphasize we now have version 3. NumPy still If current implementations of the array interface use this pointer for other things (like keeping a reference to the array object), that's fine, and I don't think the specification should change. I think it is espscially dangerous to assume that the desc pointer is a PyObject pointer, Python will segfault if it is not.

You make a good point. This is not a very safe sanity check and overly complicated for not providing safety. I've reverted it back but left in the convention that the 'desc' pointer contain a reference to the object exposing the interface as is the practice now.

Thanks for the review.

-Travis

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