starlink-pyast 4.0.1

A Python wrapper for the Starlink AST library

PyAST is a Python extension that provides an interface to the Starlink AST library. It requires Python v2.7 or later. It can be obtained from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/starlink-pyast/. To install, do:

$ pip install starlink-pyast

or when building locally:

$ pip install .
$ python -m build
$ python setup.py install --prefix=<installation directory>

To test it, do:

$ python src/starlink/ast/test/test.py

User docs are available at http://starlink.github.io/starlink-pyast/pyast.html

History

4.0.1

• Remove GPL license file from AST subdirectory that was included by mistake. The package has always used LGPL and this change removes some confusion.

4.0.0

• Update AST to version 9.3.0.
• New minimum version of Python 3.11.
• Support Python 3.14 and numpy 2.0.
• Add support for SplineMap mapping.
• Fixed handling of options parameters in constructors (they were always ignored previously).
• Many internal cleanups associated with no longer having to support legacy versions.
• Improved detection of YAML library in a Conda environment.
• Now support standard build tooling and metadata via pyproject.toml.

3.15.4

• Upgrade AST internals to version 9.2.5.

Licence

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.