Update exchange API to be capsule following new convention #180
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cc @Kathryn-cat |
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RFC thread #179 |
junrushao
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This PR updates the exchange API to be capsule following the new convention. Note that the exchange API python recommendation is not yet updated on the array-api side and so far there hasn't yet been downstream implementation, so this change should be safe in generally.
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Array api spec PR data-apis/array-api#984 |
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Sorry for delay, will try to finish my review in a day or two! |
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| direct interaction between the array framework PyObject* and DLPack, | ||
| as a result it is harder to implement the C Exchange API through ctypes (because | ||
| ctypes releases GIL by default and sometimes in non-free-threading environment, | ||
| GIL is needed to interact with the Python C API). |
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Co-authored-by: Leo Fang <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Leo Fang <[email protected]>
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@leofang please take another look, all comments are addressed |
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This PR updates the exchange API to be capsule following the new convention. Note that the exchange API python recommendation is not yet updated on the array-api side and so far there hasn't yet been downstream implementation, so this change should be safe in generally.