[Numpy-discussion] neighborhood iterator speed

[David Cournapeau]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Nadav Horesh <nadavh at visionsense.com> wrote:
> * I'll try to implement the 2D iterator as far as far as my programming expertise goes. It might take few days.

I am pretty sure the code is in the history, if you are patient enough
to look for it in git history. I can't remember why I removed it
(maybe because it was not faster ?).

>
> * There is a risk in providing a buffer pointer, and for my (and probably most) use cases it is better for the iterator constructor to provide it. I was thinking about the possibility to give the iterator a shared memory pointer, to open a door for multiprocessing. Maybe it is better instead to provide a contiguous ndarray object to enable a sanity check.

One could ask for an optional buffer (if NULL -> auto-allocation). But
I would need a more detailed explanation about what you are trying to
do to warrant changing the API here.

cheers,

David