Bug#940954: ITP: cyarray -- fast, typed, resizable, Cython array

[Antonio Valentino <antonio.valentino@tiscali.it>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Antonio Valentino <antonio.valentino@tiscali.it>

* Package name    : cyarray
  Version         : 1.1
  Upstream Author : Cyarray Developers <pysph-dev@googlegroups.com>
* URL             : http://github.com/pypr/cyarray
* License         : BSD
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : fast, typed, resizable, Cython array

Binary package names: python3-cyarray
 The cyarray package provides a fast, typed, re-sizable, Cython array.
 .
 It currently provides the following arrays: ``IntArray, UIntArray,
 LongArray, FloatArray, DoubleArray``.
 .
 All arrays provide for the following operations:
 .
 - access by indexing.
 - access through get/set function.
 - resizing the array.
 - appending values at the end of the array.
 - reserving space for future appends.
 - access to internal data through a numpy array.
 .
 If you are writing Cython code this is a convenient array to use
 as it exposes the raw underlying pointer to the data.
 For example if you use a ``FloatArray`` and access its ``data``
 attribute it will be a ``float*``.
 .
 Each array also provides an interface to its data through a numpy
 array.
 This is done through the ``get_npy_array`` function. The returned numpy
 array can be used just like any other numpy array but for the following
 restrictions:
 .
 - the array may not be resized.
 - references of this array should not be kept.
 - slices of this array may not be made.
 .
 The numpy array may however be copied and used in any manner.


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Antonio Valentino