def _tofileByBlocks(self, file, dims, indexlevel, blockingparameters):
"""Write the array to a file repeatedly in blocks
This is done similarly to ufunc._doOverDimensions
"""
level = len(dims)
if level == indexlevel:
nregShapeIters, shape, leftover, leftoverShape, = blockingparameters
currentIndex = 0
tshape = shape[:]
for i in xrange(nregShapeIters + leftover):
if i==nregShapeIters:
tshape = leftoverShape
tdims = dims + [currentIndex,]
s = _bytes.copyToString( tshape, self._data,
self._getByteOffset(tdims),
self._strides[-len(tshape):], self._itemsize)
file.write( s )
currentIndex += shape[0]
else:
# recurse
for i in xrange(self._shape[level]):
tdims = dims + [i]
self._tofileByBlocks(file, tdims, indexlevel, blockingparameters)
def tostring(self):
"""Return a string with a binary copy of the array
Copies are always contiguous, but no conversions are implied
"""
if self.rank == 0:
self = self.view()
self.shape = (1,)
return _bytes.copyToString(self._shape, self._data, self._byteoffset,
self._strides, self._itemsize)
