[Pyrex] ANN: Pyrex 0.9.7

[Greg Ewing]

Pyrex 0.9.7 is now available:

   http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/

Highlights of this version:

* I have streamlined the integer for-loop syntax. Instead
   of the loop variable redundantly appearing in two places,
   it's now just

     for x < i < y:
       ...

* If you declare a variable as a list or dict, then calls
   to some of its methods will be compiled into type-specific
   Python API calls instead of generic ones.

* Most built-in constants are referenced directly instead of
   via dict lookup.

* There are two new builtin functions, typecheck() and
   issubtype(), for checking the types of arguments more safely
   (since isinstance and issubclass can be fooled).


What is Pyrex?
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Pyrex is a language for writing Python extension modules.
It lets you freely mix operations on Python and C data, with
all Python reference counting and error checking handled
automatically.