• ReleaseNotes-0.16

Cython 0.16

• Release date: April 21, 2012
• Downloads:

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.tar.gz

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.zip

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.md5

• Git:

  • https://github.com/cython/cython/commit/966ecfbb81a7ffedf6a716cc6c3eaa2068c23987

The bug tracker has a list of the major improvements

Features

• Enhancements to Cython's function type (support for weak references, default arguments, code objects, dynamic attributes, classmethods, staticmethods, and more)

• Fused Types - Template-like support for functions and methods CEP 522 (docs)

• Typed views on memory - Support for efficient direct and indirect buffers (indexing, slicing, transposing, ...) CEP 517 (docs)

• super() without arguments
• Final cdef methods (which translate into direct calls on known instances)

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

• support default arguments for closures
• search sys.path for pxd files
• support C++ template casting
• faster traceback building and faster generator termination
• support inplace operators on indexed buffers
• fix alignment handling for record types in buffer support
• allow nested prange sections

Contributors

Many thanks to all people who contributed to this release:

• Angus McMorland

• Armon Dadgar
• Bradley M. Froehle
• Charles Grunwald (Juntalis)
• Dag Sverre Seljebotn
• David Cournapeau
• Dimitri Tcaciuc
• Gordin
• Gregor Thalhammer
• Inada Naoki
• Jeff Ramnani
• Jerome Kieffer
• Kurt Smith
• Lars Buitinck
• Lisandro Dalcin
• Mansour Moufid
• Mark Florisson
• Mark Peek
• Matthew Brett
• Ralf Schmitt
• Robert Bradshaw
• Stefan Behnel
• Thomas Lotze
• Vitja Makarov
• Vladimir Cerny
• Yury V. Zaytsev

Release Candidates

Cython 0.16 Release Candidate 2

• Release date: April 15, 2012
• Downloads:

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc2.tar.gz

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc2.zip

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc2.md5

Cython 0.16 Release Candidate 1

• Release date: April 12, 2012
• Downloads:

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc1.tar.gz

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc1.zip

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc1.md5

Cython 0.16 Release Candidate 0

• Release date: March 31, 2012
• Downloads:

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc0.tar.gz

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc0.zip

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc0.md5

Cython 0.16 β

• Release date: Februari 26, 2012
• Downloads:

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.beta0.tar.gz

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.beta0.zip

  • http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.beta0.md5