[Numpy-discussion] Should object arrays have a buffer interface?

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 20:01:38 EST 2008


On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 19:23, Andreas Klöckner <lists at informa.tiker.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I don't think PyObject pointers should be accessible via the buffer interface.
> I'd throw an error, but maybe a (silenceable) warning would do. Would have
> saved me some bug-hunting.

Can you describe in more detail what problem it caused?

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