[Pytables-users] Re: Dimension Scales and Pytables

[Francesc A. <fa...@ca...>]

Hi Remi,

A Dimecres 09 Novembre 2005 10:59, v=E0reu escriure:
> Hi,
> I'm currently planning to add Dimension Scales to PyTables. Actually
> Cyril Giraudon (do you remember him ?) told me about this idea, which
> I think is a great one. Given that I've more time to spend working on
> it than Cyril, I've decided to make it happen.

Excellent news :-)

> I first plan to limit myself to one dimensional Array objects, then
> I'll extend it. I've had a look at PyTables sources, and to my mind
> adding these Dimension Scale shouldn't be very big a problem.

Sounds good

> So my question is the following : how do you build "hdf5Extension.so"
> ? Do you use a makefile, or is this build performed by the "setup.py"?

It's very easy. Just issue a:

python setup.py build_ext --inplace

and distutils will be in charge of computing dependencies an recompile
everything that is needed. Have in mind that you need Pyrex installed
before doing this. The --inplace flag means that the extensions will
be put in the tables/ directory so that you can do your tests without
a need to install the complete beast (remember to add your working
tables/ directory to your PYTHONPATH environment variable first).

Good luck!

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