Message142832
Rethinking a bit: Casting to arbitrary formats might go a bit far.
Currently, the combination (format=NULL, shape=NULL) can serve as
a warning "This buffer has been cast to unsigned bytes".
If we allow casts from bytes to int32, we'll have (format="i", shape=x)
and consumers of that buffer have no indication that the original
exporter had a different format.
If you know what you are doing, fine. On the other hand following
the buffer paths in #12817 quickly turned into a very complex
maze of getbuffer requests.
So, an option would be to try out the cast to bytes first and
disallow other casts. |
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2011-08-23 15:15:02 | skrah | set | recipients:
+ skrah, gregory.p.smith, teoliphant, mark.dickinson, ncoghlan, pitrou, vstinner, xuanji, jcon |
2011-08-23 15:15:02 | skrah | set | messageid: <1314112502.07.0.747366773276.issue5231@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2011-08-23 15:15:01 | skrah | link | issue5231 messages |
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