Cython v0.16 Release Notes
Release Date: 2012-04-21 // almost 12 years ago-
๐ Features added
โจ Enhancements to Cython's function type (support for weak references, default arguments, code objects, dynamic attributes, classmethods, staticmethods, and more)
๐ Fused Types - Template-like support for functions and methods CEP 522 (docs)
๐ 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)
๐ Bugs fixed
- ๐ fix alignment handling for record types in buffer support
Other changes
๐ support default arguments for closures
search sys.path for pxd files
๐ support C++ template casting
๐ faster traceback building and faster generator termination
๐ support inplace operators on indexed buffers
๐ allow nested prange sections