[Python-Dev] PEP: Adding data-type objects to Python
Travis E. Oliphant
oliphant.travis at ieee.org
Sat Oct 28 08:49:41 CEST 2006
Greg Ewing wrote:
> Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
>> PEP: <unassigned>
>> Title: Adding data-type objects to the standard library
>
> Not sure about having 3 different ways to specify
> the structure -- it smacks of Too Many Ways To Do
> It to me.
You might be right, but they all have use-cases. I've actually removed
most of the multiple ways that NumPy allows for creating data-types.
>
> Also, what if I want to refer to fields by name
> but don't want to have to work out all the offsets
I don't know what you mean. You just use the list-style to define a
data-format with fields. The offsets are worked out for you. The only
use for offsets was the dictionary form. The dictionary form stems from
a desire to use the fields dictionary of a data-type as a data-type
specification (which it is essentially is).
-Travis
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