First attempt at a Python prog (Chess)

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:15:28 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:

> Chris Hinsley <chris.hinsley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Is a Python list as fast as a bytearray ?
> 
> Python does not actually have a native array type.  Everything in your
> program that looked like an array was actually a list.

Actually it does, but you have to import it first, it is not a built-in 
data type.


py> import array
py> arr = array.array('f')  # array of floats (C singles)
py> arr.append(0.1)
py> arr.append(0.2)
py> print(arr)
array('f', [0.10000000149011612, 0.20000000298023224])
py> arr.append("foo")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: a float is required


See the documentation for array to see the available type-codes.

http://docs.python.org/2/library/array.html
http://docs.python.org/3/library/array.html

As part of the standard library, Jython and IronPython are required to 
implement arrays as well (although they don't use C arrays, so the 
implementation may be different).

http://www.jython.org/docs/library/array.html
http://ironpython-test.readthedocs.org/en/latest/library/array.html

IronPython also gives you access to .Net arrays, although of course that 
is not standard Python:

http://www.ironpython.info/index.php/Typed_Arrays_in_IronPython



-- 
Steven