PYTHON BINDINGS FOR GETDATA =========================== The python bindings consist of a python extension module, `pygetdata.so'. They should work with Python version 2.3, or any later 2.x version. If found at configure time, the bindings will be built with NumPy support, which will result in requests for vector data returning NumPy arrays instead of Python lists. If built with NumPy support, importing the module will fail if the numpy module cannot be found. NumPy support should be preferred: it is more efficient both in memory usage and speed of data retrieval. Full documentation for the Python bindings to the GetData library is contained within the pygetdata module itself. To read this documentation, execute $ pydoc pygetdata from the system shell, or >>> import pygetdata >>> help(pygetdata) from within the Python interpereter after the bindings have been installed.