SPEC 2 — API Dispatch

[jarrodmillman]

Recommends mechanisms whereby (a) library functions can be overridden by external implementors and (b) dispatching can take place based on foreign data structures.

• specs/index.md at main · scientific-python/specs · GitHub
• Scientific Python - SPEC 2 — API Dispatch

For more background, please see:

• Blog post: A vision for extensibility to GPU & distributed support for SciPy, scikit-learn, scikit-image and beyond
• Concept proposal: A proposed design for supporting multiple array types across SciPy, scikit-learn, scikit-image and beyond
• Technical implementation questions: Default dispatching behavior for supporting multiple array types across SciPy, scikit-learn, scikit-image
• scikit-image discussion: Support for array types other than NumPy
• Further technical discussion: Requirements and discussion of a type dispatcher for the ecosystem

[betatim]

If I have questions and/or comments about this spec, should I post them in this thread or in the GH repo or somewhere else?

[stefanv]

@betatim Sorry to have missed your question. For SPECs, preliminary conversations are typically held here, and fine-tuning the documents happen on Github.

I also wanted to link to the conversation here, https://discuss.scientific-python.org/t/a-proposed-design-for-supporting-multiple-array-types-across-scipy-scikit-learn-scikit-image-and-beyond, in addition to the above references.

[stefanv]

Cross-linking: [Draft] Engine plugin API with a "unified API" by betatim · Pull Request #24826 · scikit-learn/scikit-learn · GitHub