STINNER Victor <victor.stin...@gmail.com> added the comment: Nathaniel: "(...) and numpy won't necessarily use this API anyway."
Can you elaborate why numpy wouldn't use this new API? I designed it with numpy in mind :-) Using PyMem_AlignedAlloc() instead of using directly posix_memalign()/_aligned_alloc() provides the debug features for free: * tracemalloc is able to trace memory allocations * detect buffer underflow * detect buffer overflow * detect API misuse like PyMem_Free(PyMem_AlignedAlloc()) -- it doesn't detect free(PyMem_AlignedAlloc()) which is plain wrong on Windows (but this one should crash immediately ;-)) Other advantages: * PyMem_AlignedAlloc(alignment, 0) is well defined: it never returns NULL * PyMem_AlignedAlloc(alignment, size) checks on alignment value are the same on all operating systems Moreover, Python takes care of the portability for you :-) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue18835> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
