[Python-3000] Py3k-buffer branch merged back to py3k branch

[Guido van Rossum]

Wow. Thanks for a great job, Travis! I'll accept your PEP now. :-)

We'll attend to the details at the sprint.

--Guido

On 8/18/07, Travis E. Oliphant <oliphant.travis at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm sorry I won't be attending the Google sprints next week.  I'm going
> to be moving from Utah to Texas next week and will be offline for
> several days.
>
> In preparation for the sprints, I have converted all Python objects to
> use the new buffer protocol PEP and implemented most of the C-API.  This
> work took place in the py3k-buffer branch which now passes all the tests
> that py3k does.
>
> So, I merged the changes back to the py3k branch in hopes that others
> can continue working on what I've done.  The merge took place after
> fully syncing the py3k-buffer branch with the current trunk.
>
> There will be somebody from our community that will be at the Sprints
> next week.  He has agreed to try and work on the buffer protocol some
> more.  He is new to Python and so will probably need some help.  He has
> my cell phone number and will call me with questions which I hope to
> answer.
>
> Left to do:
>
> 1) Finish the MemoryViewObject (getitem/setitem needs work).
> 2) Finish the struct module changes (I've started, but have not checked
>         the changes in).
> 3) Add tests
>
> Possible problems:
>
> It seems that whenever a PyExc_BufferError is raised, problems (like
> segfaults) occur.  I tried to add a new error object by copying how
> Python did it for other errors, but it's likely that I didn't do it right.
>
> I will have email contact for a few days (until Tuesday) but will not
> have much time to work.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> -Travis Oliphant
>
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