I replaced: a = array.array('B', , [0] * (pixels * 2)) with: a = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, pixels * 2)
and got: C:\work\testing\plink_o_ip>python ycbycr.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "ycbycr.py", line 62, in ? ycbycr = image2ycbycr(im) File "ycbycr.py", line 38, in image2ycbycr return _ycbycr.ycbcr2ycbycr(w, h, ycbcrim.tostring()) File "_ycbycr.pyx", line 42, in _ycbycr.ycbcr2ycbycr res = get_w_buffer(a, &out_str, &buffer_len) TypeError: Cannot use string as modifiable buffer Strings are not mutable so this is not going to work for me :( Is there a way to allocate a python buffer object and give that to array.array or a string object? -Chris On 6/8/05, Chris Lambacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The memory is not temporary, I am passing it out as an array, thus the > malloc/free route will require double allocation(once for malloc/free, > once for array.array). I am not using string because when I tried to > pass the data in as string, pyrex complained about the conversion. > However, I could probably use the same PyObject_AsReadBuffer function > call to get at the data passed in to the function as a string and then > pass it out as a string as well using the interface suggested ( > PyString_FromStringAndSize and PyString_AsString ). Perhapse I need > to substitute PyObject_AsWriteBuffer instead of PyString_AsString in > order for my changes to get propegated back to the string object? > > -Chris > > > On 6/8/05, Adam Langley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/8/05, Chris Lambacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My question is, is there a better way to > > > allocate the memory for the array.array object than: > > > a = array.array('B', [0] * (pixels * 2)) > > > > cdef unsigned char *buffer > > temp_string = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, length) > > buffer = <unsigned char *> PyString_AsString(temp_string) > > > > That's one way to do it. But it looks like you just want an area of > > memory so why not: > > > > cdef extern from "stdlib.h": > > ctypedef unsigned long size_t > > void *malloc(size_t size) > > void free(void *mem) > > > > ? > > > > AGL > > > > -- > > Adam Langley [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.imperialviolet.org (+44) (0)7906 332512 > > PGP: 9113 256A CC0F 71A6 4C84 5087 CDA5 52DF 2CB6 3D60 > > > > > -- > Christopher Lambacher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Christopher Lambacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list