Index: python/ext/aubioproxy.c
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--- python/ext/aubioproxy.c	(revision 164980f6849b73ca4c354c9b6329bd9e881ed2bd)
+++ python/ext/aubioproxy.c	(revision 164980f6849b73ca4c354c9b6329bd9e881ed2bd)
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#include "aubio-types.h"
+
+fvec_t *
+PyAubio_ArrayToCFvec (PyObject *input) {
+  PyObject *array;
+  fvec_t *vec;
+  if (input == NULL) {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array is not a python object");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  // parsing input object into a Py_fvec
+  if (PyArray_Check(input)) {
+
+    // we got an array, convert it to an fvec
+    if (PyArray_NDIM ((PyArrayObject *)input) == 0) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array is a scalar");
+      goto fail;
+    } else if (PyArray_NDIM ((PyArrayObject *)input) > 1) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError,
+          "input array has more than one dimensions");
+      goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!PyArray_ISFLOAT ((PyArrayObject *)input)) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array should be float");
+      goto fail;
+    } else if (PyArray_TYPE ((PyArrayObject *)input) != AUBIO_NPY_SMPL) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array should be float32");
+      goto fail;
+    } else {
+      // input data type is float32, nothing else to do
+      array = input;
+    }
+
+    // vec = new_fvec (vec->length);
+    // no need to really allocate fvec, just its struct member
+    vec = (fvec_t *)malloc(sizeof(fvec_t));
+    vec->length = PyArray_SIZE ((PyArrayObject *)array);
+    vec->data = (smpl_t *) PyArray_GETPTR1 ((PyArrayObject *)array, 0);
+
+  } else if (PyObject_TypeCheck (input, &PyList_Type)) {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "does not convert from list yet");
+    return NULL;
+  } else {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "can only accept vector of float as input");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return vec;
+
+fail:
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyAubio_CFvecToArray (fvec_t * self)
+{
+  npy_intp dims[] = { self->length, 1 };
+  return PyArray_SimpleNewFromData (1, dims, AUBIO_NPY_SMPL, self->data);
+}
+
+Py_cvec *
+PyAubio_CCvecToPyCvec (cvec_t * input) {
+  Py_cvec *vec = (Py_cvec*) PyObject_New (Py_cvec, &Py_cvecType);
+  vec->length = input->length;
+  vec->o = input;
+  Py_INCREF(vec);
+  return vec;
+}
+
+cvec_t *
+PyAubio_ArrayToCCvec (PyObject *input) {
+  if (PyObject_TypeCheck (input, &Py_cvecType)) {
+      return ((Py_cvec*)input)->o;
+  } else {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array should be float32");
+      return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyAubio_CFmatToArray (fmat_t * input)
+{
+  PyObject *array = NULL;
+  uint_t i;
+  npy_intp dims[] = { input->length, 1 };
+  PyObject *concat = PyList_New (0), *tmp = NULL;
+  for (i = 0; i < input->height; i++) {
+    tmp = PyArray_SimpleNewFromData (1, dims, AUBIO_NPY_SMPL, input->data[i]);
+    PyList_Append (concat, tmp);
+    Py_DECREF (tmp);
+  }
+  array = PyArray_FromObject (concat, AUBIO_NPY_SMPL, 2, 2);
+  Py_DECREF (concat);
+  return array;
+}
+
+fmat_t *
+PyAubio_ArrayToCFmat (PyObject *input) {
+  PyObject *array;
+  fmat_t *mat;
+  uint_t i;
+  if (input == NULL) {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array is not a python object");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  // parsing input object into a Py_fvec
+  if (PyArray_Check(input)) {
+
+    // we got an array, convert it to an fvec
+    if (PyArray_NDIM ((PyArrayObject *)input) == 0) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array is a scalar");
+      goto fail;
+    } else if (PyArray_NDIM ((PyArrayObject *)input) > 2) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError,
+          "input array has more than two dimensions");
+      goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!PyArray_ISFLOAT ((PyArrayObject *)input)) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array should be float");
+      goto fail;
+    } else if (PyArray_TYPE ((PyArrayObject *)input) != AUBIO_NPY_SMPL) {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "input array should be float32");
+      goto fail;
+    } else {
+      // input data type is float32, nothing else to do
+      array = input;
+    }
+
+    // no need to really allocate fvec, just its struct member
+    mat = (fmat_t *)malloc(sizeof(fmat_t));
+    mat->length = PyArray_DIM ((PyArrayObject *)array, 1);
+    mat->height = PyArray_DIM ((PyArrayObject *)array, 0);
+    mat->data = (smpl_t **)malloc(sizeof(smpl_t*) * mat->height);
+    for (i=0; i< mat->height; i++) {
+      mat->data[i] = (smpl_t*)PyArray_GETPTR1 ((PyArrayObject *)array, i);
+    }
+
+  } else if (PyObject_TypeCheck (input, &PyList_Type)) {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "can not convert list to fmat");
+    return NULL;
+  } else {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "can only accept matrix of float as input");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return mat;
+
+fail:
+  return NULL;
+}
+
