faster ctypes/numpy conversions

spiceypy/spiceypy.py

@@ -9085,7 +9085,7 @@ def oscltx(state, et, mu):
     mu = ctypes.c_double(mu)
     elts = stypes.emptyDoubleVector(20)
     libspice.oscltx_c(state, et, mu, elts)
-    return stypes.cVectorToPython(elts[0:11])
+    return stypes.cVectorToPython(elts)[0:11]
 
 
 ################################################################################

spiceypy/utils/support_types.py

@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ def emptyIntVector(n):
     return (c_int * n)()
 
 
-def emptyBoolVector(n):
-    if isinstance(n, c_int):
-        n = n.value
-    return (c_bool * n)()
-
-
 def cVectorToPython(x):
     """
     Convert the c vector data into the correct python data type
@@ -169,11 +163,11 @@ def cVectorToPython(x):
     :return:
     """
     if isinstance(x[0], bool):
-        return numpy.fromiter(x, numpy.bool, count=len(x))
+        return numpy.frombuffer(x, dtype=numpy.bool).copy()
     elif isinstance(x[0], int):
-        return numpy.fromiter(x, numpy.int_, count=len(x))
+        return numpy.frombuffer(x, dtype=numpy.int32).copy()
     elif isinstance(x[0], float):
-        return numpy.fromiter(x, numpy.float64, count=len(x))
+        return numpy.frombuffer(x, dtype=numpy.float64).copy()
     elif isinstance(x[0].value, bytes):
         return [toPythonString(y) for y in x]
 
@@ -260,7 +254,7 @@ def from_ndarray(self, param):
         # return param.data_as(POINTER(c_double))
         # the above older method does not work with
         # functions which take vectors of known size
-        return numpy.ctypeslib.as_ctypes(param)
+        return numpc.as_ctypes(param)
 
     # Cast from array.array objects
     def from_array(self, param):
@@ -293,11 +287,11 @@ def from_tuple(self, param):
 
     # Cast from a numpy array
     def from_ndarray(self, param):
-        return numpy.ctypeslib.as_ctypes(param)
+        return numpc.as_ctypes(param)
 
     # Cast from a numpy matrix
     def from_matrix(self, param):
-        return numpy.ctypeslib.as_ctypes(param)
+        return numpc.as_ctypes(param)
 
 
 class IntArrayType:
@@ -324,10 +318,8 @@ def from_tuple(self, param):
 
     # Cast from a numpy array
     def from_ndarray(self, param):
-        # return param.data_as(POINTER(c_int))
-        # not sure if long is same as int, it should be..
-        # return numpy.ctypeslib.as_ctypes(param)
-        return self.from_param(param.tolist())
+        # cspice always uses a int size half as big as the float, ie int32 if a float64 system default
+        return numpc.as_ctypes(param.astype(numpy.int32))
 
     # Cast from array.array objects
     def from_array(self, param):
@@ -360,11 +352,13 @@ def from_tuple(self, param):
 
     # Cast from a numpy array
     def from_ndarray(self, param):
-        return numpy.ctypeslib.as_ctypes(param)
+        # cspice always uses a int size half as big as the float, ie int32 if a float64 system default
+        return numpc.as_ctypes(param.astype(numpy.int32))
 
     # Cast from a numpy matrix
     def from_matrix(self, param):
-        return numpy.ctypeslib.as_ctypes(param)
+        # cspice always uses a int size half as big as the float, ie int32 if a float64 system default
+        return numpc.as_ctypes(param.astype(numpy.int32))
 
 
 class BoolArrayType: