Cython : A Guide for Python Programmers

Kurt W Smith

ISBN 10: 1491901551 / ISBN 13: 9781491901557

Published by O'reilly Media Feb 2015, 2015

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Neuware - Cython can yield massive performance improvements over pure Python speedups of 3000X are easily attainable for certain patterns. With this book, Kurt Smith shows you how to use Cython to easily wrap C and C++ libraries in Python, handling all the details of memory management for you. By removing the barrier between Python and C, Cython harnesses the best of both languages while remaining familiar and comfortable to Python users.Cython has proven its usefulness in many foundational projects: Pandas, SymPy, Sage, and dozens of others, both open and closed source. You'll learn how Cython is an essential part of any performance-oriented Python programmer's arsenal.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cython : A Guide for Python Programmers
• Publisher: O'reilly Media Feb 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491901551
• ISBN 13: 9781491901557
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 177H x 20D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 177 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 426 grams

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Synopsis

Build software that combines Python’s expressivity with the performance and control of C (and C++). It’s possible with Cython, the compiler and hybrid programming language used by foundational packages such as NumPy, and prominent in projects including Pandas, h5py, and scikits-learn. In this practical guide, you’ll learn how to use Cython to improve Python’s performance—up to 3000x— and to wrap C and C++ libraries in Python with ease.

Author Kurt Smith takes you through Cython’s capabilities, with sample code and in-depth practice exercises. If you’re just starting with Cython, or want to go deeper, you’ll learn how this language is an essential part of any performance-oriented Python programmer’s arsenal.

• Use Cython’s static typing to speed up Python code
• Gain hands-on experience using Cython features to boost your numeric-heavy Python
• Create new types with Cython—and see how fast object-oriented programming in Python can be
• Effectively organize Cython code into separate modules and packages without sacrificing performance
• Use Cython to give Pythonic interfaces to C and C++ libraries
• Optimize code with Cython’s runtime and compile-time profiling tools
• Use Cython’s prange function to parallelize loops transparently with OpenMP

About the Author

Kurt Smith has been using Python in scientific computing ever since his college days, looking for any opportunity to incorporate it into his computational physics classes. He has contributed to the Cython project as part of the 2009 Google Summer of Code, implementing the initial version of typed memoryviews and native cython arrays. He uses Cython extensively in his consulting work at Enthought, training hundreds of scientists, engineers, and researchers in Python, NumPy, Cython, and parallel and high-performance computing.