Re: [pygame] vector class

[Alex Holkner <aholkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DR0ID wrote:

> Hi everybody
>
>
> Some time ago, here on the mailinglist it has been discussed about 2D 
> vector classes and theirs implementations. It turned out, that to make 
> a fast vector class there are some tricks, which where discribed in 
> various emails. Did someone try to put all these optimization into one 
> vector class that would be possibly the fastest?
>
>
> The other question that I have is: Becaues a vector class is needed 
> for many games and other things too, why not put a fast vector class 
> written in C into the pygame package and wrap it? (perhaps 3D vectors, 
> matrices and quaternions too)

Have a look at euclid: http://partiallydisassembled.net/euclid.html.  
This is not a C module, but (at last comparison) is as fast as you can 
get without using an extension.  It also contains the vector, matrix and 
quaternion classes you're looking for.

For a C module, there is cgkit: http://cgkit.sourceforge.net/, but I've 
never managed to build this successfully so can't comment further.

Alex.