[Pyrex] Initialisation of cdef global arrays with constants [resend]

[sjmachin at lexicon.net]

On 8 Jan 2005 at 0:01, Yann Vernier wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 07:01:21AM +1100, sjmachin at lexicon.net wrote:
> > Pyrex appears not to support (yet?) a statement like: > > cdef int
> blah_table[5] = {0, 1, 2, 42, 255}
> 
> > Any better suggestions?
> 
> I would like to see this implemented.

+1

> I'd suggest the Python style
> syntax using parenthesis and not curly braces, so it won't look like
> you're building a broken dictionary. 

-1

The "cdef" at the front tells the human reader and the Pyrex parser what to expect i.e. 
C-style syntax. A Python-style dictionary, broken or not, is not expected in that context.

> 
> cdef int blah_table[5] = (0, 1, 2, 42, 255)
> 
> I'd also like to support unsized arrays:
> 
> cdef int blah_table[] = (0, 1, 2, 42, 255)
> 
> And this may make sense in structs and such too, where pyrex doesn't
> need the size at compile time. If need be, the C compiler can get you
> the size using an ugly application of sizeof.
>