[Matrix-SIG] NumPy Array as buffer.
David Ascher
da@ski.org
Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:16:17 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Travis Oliphant wrote:
> Are appropriate methods going to be added to NumPy to allow arrays to be
> read and written to as a buffer? Has this been looked into before?
>
> I'm hesitant to do anything right now because of the "long-promised"
> update to NumPy. Perhaps the coming Extension Class model will solve all
> my problems :-)
1) I've started looking into the buffer interface, but haven't made any
concrete changes. I agree that it is a very promising notion. Note also that
PIL currently doesn't support the buffer interface, but Fredrik is
aware of its potential benefits.
2) I think you'll see a beta release of the EC work within a day or two.
--david