Re: JyNI 2.7-alpha.5 released: JyNI also runs on Windows now

Stefan:

Sincere felicitations on your progress this GSoC. I think we all know 
people who would love to use C extensions with Jython and we can't 
rewrite them all in Java.

Jeff


On 23/09/2017 18:03, Stefan Richthofer wrote:
> With JyNI alpha 5, I proudly announce the first version of JyNI that
> also runs on Windows.
>
> JyNI is a layer that allows Jython to load native CPython extensions.
> Most notably ctypes and NumPy are already workable (core functionality).
>
>
> Take a look at
>
> jyni.org
>
> or go directly to the release:
>
> https://github.com/Stewori/JyNI/releases/tag/v2.7-alpha.5
>
>
> Binaries are provided for Linux, OS X and Windows.
> It should in principle also work on other POSIX platforms.
>
>
>
> NumPy support
> -------------
>
> >From JyNI alpha 4 onwards, some NumPy support is available.
> For JyNI alpha 5 featuring Windows support, we explicitly asserted that
> NumPy works on Windows equally well as on Linux and OS X,
> i.e. up to known limitations.
>
> For details about NumPy support see
>
> https://github.com/Stewori/JyNI/releases/tag/v2.7-alpha.4
> https://github.com/Stewori/JyNI/issues/2
>
>
>
> Google Summer of Code
> ---------------------
>
> JyNI alpha 5 was mainly developed within a Google Summer of Code project:
>
> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#4931062149939200
> http://gsoc2017-jyni.blogspot.de for details.
>
>
>
> What comes next?
> ----------------
>
> The Python C API is not yet fully supported. A major goal for the next
> release is to add support for the buffer protocol, which is currently
> blocking support for SciPy and various other extensions.
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> -Stefan
>
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