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[Python-Dev] Allocation of shape and strides fields in Py_buffer

[Python-Dev] Allocation of shape and strides fields in Py_buffer [Python-Dev] Allocation of shape and strides fields in Py_bufferAntoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Dec 9 15:27:56 CET 2008
Le mardi 09 décembre 2008 à 22:33 +1000, Nick Coghlan a écrit :
> I have zero problem whatsoever if slice assignment TO a memoryview
> object is permitted only if the shape stays the same (i.e. I think that
> issue should be closed as "not a bug").

I'm not even talking about slice /assignment/ here, just read-only
slicing.
Slicing a memoryview must produce another memoryview with a different
shape but with the same underlying object. That's why I have to modify
the shape field /after/ the new Py_buffer is initialized.

> The buffer protocol permits you to edit the DATA held by another
> object. It doesn't let you edit the *structure* of that object

Perhaps, but it's necessary for slicing.

> The first is that memoryview is treating the len field in the
> Py_buffer struct as the number of objects in the view in a few places
> instead of as the total number of bytes being exposed (it is actually
> the latter, as defined in PEP 3118).

I don't understand the difference between "the number of objects in the
view" and "the total number of bytes being exposed". For me it should be
the same and the "buf" and "len" fields in the Py_buffer should be
usable by any other C function, otherwise they are useless.

> memoryview also currently gets the shape wrong on slices:

I know, that's what I'm trying to fix...



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