Welcome to Clyther’s documentation!¶
Welcome to Clyther’s documentation!¶
CLyther is a Python tool similar to Cython and PyPy. CLyther is a just-in-time specialization engine for OpenCL. The main entry points for CLyther are its clyther.task and clyther.kernel decorators. Once a function is decorated with one of these the function will be compiled to OpenCL when called.
CLyther is a Python language extension that makes writing OpenCL code as easy as Python itself. CLyther currently only supports a subset of the Python language definition but adds many new features to OpenCL.
CLyther exposes both the OpenCL C library as well as the OpenCL language to python.
- Objectives:
- Make it easy for developers to take advantage of OpenCL
- Take advantage existing Python numerical algorithms
- Accelerate my code!
- Philosophy:
- Enable users to have 100% control via Python. Access one to one mapping from Python to OpenCL.
- Endorse native Python abstractions for convenience. e.g. Slice an array, pass a function as an argument.
Warning
This is a brand new version of CLyther. I have not released this yet.
- If you do decide to use it then please think about Contributing.
- The best place to add your input to the Issue Tracker.
Links:¶
See also
- OpenCL for Python: Python bindings for OpenCL.
- Meta: Metaprogramming utilities for Python.