Individual Articles

I plan to also group some of these articles by theme, but for now they’re just in a big list.

• What Cython is not designed for
  • Obfuscation
  • Creating Executables
  • Wrapping C++ classes
• Don’t be afraid to lie to Cython
• Beware automatic type conversions
  • The conversion isn’t free
  • Changes to not propagate back
• The Python list is surprisingly good
  • Technical details about why you don’t need a special cdef-class-list:
  • What to do if you really want such a typed container
• The bundled .pxd files aren’t magic
• Consider your compiler directives carefully
  • cdef and cpdef functions
• Try not to return typed memoryviews
• Your Python interface need not match what it’s wrapping
  • double** matrices
  • vector<double>/vector<vector<double>> matrices
• What’s the difference between def, cdef, and cpdef functions
  • Restrictions on cdef functions
  • Advantages of cdef functions
  • cpdef functions
  • Summary (or when to use a cdef function?)
• You probably don’t need to release the GIL
  • Extra corollary
• Memoryviews are views of existing memory
  • Allocation
  • Re-assignment
  • Slicing is (fairly) quick
  • Understanding the underlying data structure