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authorRalf Gommers <ralf.gommers@gmail.com>2017-06-18 13:46:45 +1200
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-.. -*- rest -*-
+#####################################
+F2PY Users Guide and Reference Manual
+#####################################
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- F2PY Users Guide and Reference Manual
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-:Author: Pearu Peterson
-:Contact: pearu@cens.ioc.ee
-:Web site: http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/
-:Date: 2005/04/02 10:03:26
-
-================
- Introduction
-================
-
-The purpose of the F2PY_ --*Fortran to Python interface generator*--
-project is to provide a connection between Python and Fortran
-languages. F2PY is a Python_ package (with a command line tool
-``f2py`` and a module ``f2py2e``) that facilitates creating/building
-Python C/API extension modules that make it possible
+The purpose of the ``F2PY`` --*Fortran to Python interface generator*--
+is to provide a connection between Python and Fortran
+languages. F2PY is a part of NumPy_ (``numpy.f2py``) and also available as a
+standalone command line tool ``f2py`` when ``numpy`` is installed that
+facilitates creating/building Python C/API extension modules that make it
+possible
* to call Fortran 77/90/95 external subroutines and Fortran 90/95
module subroutines as well as C functions;
* to access Fortran 77 ``COMMON`` blocks and Fortran 90/95 module data,
including allocatable arrays
-from Python. See F2PY_ web site for more information and installation
-instructions.
+from Python.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
@@ -37,7 +26,6 @@ instructions.
distutils
advanced
-.. _F2PY: http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _NumPy: http://www.numpy.org/
.. _SciPy: http://www.numpy.org/