Commit 158092a9 authored by Aidan Hobson Sayers's avatar Aidan Hobson Sayers

Rename cmath to not conflict with built-in module

parent bdc95095
......@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LDLIBS = $(PY_LDLIBS)
TARGETS = nCr python
# List of Cython source files, with main module first.
CYTHON_SOURCE = combinatorics.pyx cmath.pyx
CYTHON_SOURCE = combinatorics.pyx lcmath.pyx
CYTHON_SECONDARY = $(CYTHON_SOURCE:.pyx=.c) $(TARGETS:=.c)
......
......@@ -42,30 +42,30 @@ EXAMPLE
In the Demos/freeze directory, there exist two Cython modules:
cmath.pyx
lcmath.pyx
A module that interfaces with the -lm library.
combinatorics.pyx
A module that implements n-choose-r using cmath.
A module that implements n-choose-r using lcmath.
Both modules have the Python idiom ``if __name__ == "__main__"``, which only
execute if that module is the "main" module. If run as main, cmath prints the
execute if that module is the "main" module. If run as main, lcmath prints the
factorial of the argument, while combinatorics prints n-choose-r.
The provided Makefile creates an executable, *nCr*, using combinatorics as the
"main" module. It basically performs the following (ignoring the compiler
flags)::
$ cython_freeze combinatorics cmath > nCr.c
$ cython_freeze combinatorics lcmath > nCr.c
$ cython combinatorics.pyx
$ cython cmath.pyx
$ cython lcmath.pyx
$ gcc -c nCr.c
$ gcc -c combinatorics.c
$ gcc -c cmath.c
$ gcc nCr.o combinatorics.o cmath.o -o nCr
$ gcc -c lcmath.c
$ gcc nCr.o combinatorics.o lcmath.o -o nCr
Because the combinatorics module was listed first, its ``__name__`` is set
to ``"__main__"``, while cmath's is set to ``"cmath"``. The executable now
to ``"__main__"``, while lcmath's is set to ``"lcmath"``. The executable now
contains a Python interpreter and both Cython modules. ::
$ ./nCr
......@@ -81,19 +81,19 @@ linked so you can profile it with gprof. To do this, add the ``--pymain``
flag to ``cython_freeze``. In the Makefile, the *python* executable is built
like this. ::
$ cython_freeze --pymain combinatorics cmath -o python.c
$ cython_freeze --pymain combinatorics lcmath -o python.c
$ gcc -c python.c
$ gcc python.o combinatorics.o cmath.o -o python
$ gcc python.o combinatorics.o lcmath.o -o python
Now ``python`` is a normal Python interpreter, but the cmath and combinatorics
Now ``python`` is a normal Python interpreter, but the lcmath and combinatorics
modules will be built into the executable. ::
$ ./python
Python 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:58:18)
[GCC 4.3.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cmath
>>> cmath.factorial(155)
>>> import lcmath
>>> lcmath.factorial(155)
4.7891429014634364e+273
......
import cmath
import lcmath
def nCr(n, r):
"""Return the number of ways to choose r elements of a set of n."""
return cmath.exp( cmath.lfactorial(n) - cmath.lfactorial(r)
- cmath.lfactorial(n-r) )
return lcmath.exp( lcmath.lfactorial(n) - lcmath.lfactorial(r)
- lcmath.lfactorial(n-r) )
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
......
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