Interfacing C++11 array with Cython

Question

I am used to build C++ programs and get it in Cython, but here I am trying to get the C++ 11 array and it definitely doesn\'t work.

Here is my .pxd :

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Answer 1

As discussed in the comments, the issue you're having is because Cython doesn't really support non-type template arguments. A workround (hacky and probably fragile) is to trick Cython into thinking it's providing a type template argument:

cdef extern from "<array>" namespace "std" nogil :
    cdef cppclass two "2":
        pass

    cdef cppclass array[T, U]:
        T& operator[](size_t)
        # this is obviously very very cut down

def f():
    cdef array[int,two] x
    return x[0]+x[1]

The trick is that if you do cdef cppclass name "somestring" Cython will just blindly replace somestring for name, which generates the correct C++ code. There are obviously some limitations with this approach but for simple usage it should be fine.