[Biopython-dev] Offer to convert BioPython to NumPy

[Ed Schofield]

On 3/2/07, Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon <mdehoon at c2b2.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> > If this is really necessary, the easiest way to proceed may be to use
> > NumPy's "oldnumeric" interface, rather than porting properly.
>
> For the reasons above, this is really necessary. But will oldnumeric be
> around in the future? Or is it a temporary measure to making porting
> easier?


I think Travis wants to keep the oldnumeric interface around for at least a
few years -- long enough, I imagine, for most actively developed projects to
have been ported to NumPy.

I've started work on a simple wrapper layer for Biopython to use either
Numeric or numpy.oldnumeric. I'll post more details soon.