Clyther 0.4-beta

Welcome to Clyther's documentation!
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CLyther is a Python tool similar to Cython and PyPy. CLyther is a just-in-time specialization engine for OpenCL.
The main entry points for CLyther are its :class:`clyther.task` and :class:`clyther.kernel` decorators.
Once a function is decorated with one of these the function will be compiled to OpenCL when called.

CLyther is a Python language extension that makes writing OpenCL code as easy as Python itself.
CLyther currently only supports a subset of the Python language definition but adds many new features to OpenCL.

CLyther exposes both the OpenCL C library as well as the OpenCL language to python.

Objectives:
* Make it easy for developers to take advantage of OpenCL
* Take advantage existing Python numerical algorithms
* Accelerate my code!


Philosophy:
* Enable users to have 100% control via Python. Access one to one mapping from Python to OpenCL.
* Endorse native Python abstractions for convenience. e.g. Slice an array, pass a function as an argument.

.. warning::

This is a brand new version of CLyther. I have not released this yet.

* If you do decide to use it then please think about :ref:`contribute`.
* The best place to add your input to the `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/srossross/Clyther/issues/>`_.

Links:
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* `Homepage <http://srossross.github.com/Clyther/>`_
* `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/srossross/Clyther/issues/>`_

* `Development documentation <http://srossross.github.com/Clyther/develop/>`_
* `PyPi <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Clyther/>`_
* `Github <https://github.com/srossross/Clyther/>`_
* `OpenCL 1.1 spec <http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/specs/opencl-1.1.pdf>`_

.. seealso::

* `OpenCL for Python <http://srossross.github.com/oclpb>`_: Python bindings for OpenCL.
* `Meta <http://srossross.github.com/meta>`_: Metaprogramming utilities for Python.