Bug#683954: python-numexpr: Given there is a python-numexpr, there should be a python3-numexpre package but isn't

[Russel Winder]

Antonio,

Thanks for the prompt response, much appreciated.

On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 20:36 +0200, Antonio Valentino wrote:
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> Unfortunately numexpr doesn't work with Python 3.

Curses. In which case I guess this bug report should be summarily
closed.

> Probably you should post on the NumExpr mailing list [1] a request for
> Python 3 support.

I guess I should download the source, try to install it for Python 3,
have it fail, and enter a bug report.  Presumably the Googlecode site
http://code.google.com/p/numexpr/ is the mainline.

> FYI I started a fork [2] to implement Python 3 support for numexpr but
> it is still incomplete.
>
> If you are interested in having numexpr with Python 3 then maybe you
> would like to contribute some code :)

My interest in ensuring I can point people sensibly at NumPy during my
Python courses rather than actually using it in anger. If though a
not-large amount of time from me could help move things forward in a way
that the NumExpr folks would accept then I can certainly justify this as
loss leader.

As a pre-step I'll clone the mainline and your clone and take a peek.

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