Allow python 3 version of PyCXX #3492
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No -- this comment is still correct. The upstream versions of PyCXX lack support for buffer objects. I submitted a patch years ago, and it still hasn't been incorporated. It also seems that the PyCXX sourcecode repository on Sourceforge is no gone without a forwarding address, so it's not clear if anyone is maintaining it anymore. In any case, I'm closing this issue, since it is still the case that the matplotlib-shipped version of PyCXX must be used on Python 3. I should probably also open a new bug to consider whether we should take on maintainership (dare I say "fork") PyCXX at this point. |
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Fair enough, although it is probably a good idea to update the comment to clarify the situation, since it is misleading. |
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@toddrjen: How does the attached look to you? |
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Seems to clarify it nicely |
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Allow python 3 version of PyCXX
setupext.py is hard-coded to not use an external version of PyCXX with python 3 (starting with line 831 in master), claiming that "There is no version of PyCXX in the wild that will work with Python 3.x". This is no longer the case, PyCXX is compatible with python 3.