From: Todd M. <jm...@st...> - 2003-01-27 18:33:44
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Chris Barker wrote: >Francesc Alted wrote: > > > >>So, as numarray has to work with previous python versions, >> >> > >Why? Anyone using NumArray is either starting from scratch or porting >from Numeric, so having to port to a newer version of Python is a very >small deal. > > Just to make it very clear: numarray-0.4 and up require Python-2.2 or higher. Up until numarray-0.4 (released in November), that was not the case, and numarray ran (and was tested!) on Python-2.0 and higher. The desire to increase C-level Numeric compatability and to improve simple indexing speed led us to a C baseclass, which is only supported in Python-2.2 and up. Todd |