added Array<unsigned int>, Array<long long> and Array<char>

mfem/_par/array.i

@@ -134,10 +134,43 @@ namespace mfem{
 %template(doubleSwap) Swap<double>;
 %template(intSwap) Swap<int>;
 }
+
+/*
+  Instantiation of Array templates.
+
+  We instantiate some common use cases. Array.cpp instantiate these specialization.
+
+  template class Array<char>;
+  template class Array<int>;
+  template class Array<long long>;
+  template class Array<double>;
+  template class Array2D<int>;
+  template class Array2D<double>;
+*/
+
 %import "../common/array_instantiation_macro.i"
 INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_INT
 INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_DOUBLE
-IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS(bool)
+INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_NUMPYARRAY(int8, char, NPY_BYTE)    //  8bit
+INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_NUMPYARRAY(int64, long long, NPY_LONGLONG)  // 64bit
+
+/*
+For other classes, we need to ignore some  methods
+ To ignore methos defined in Array.cpp, we use
+   IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS_PREMITIVE
+ In more genral object, we need to futher ignore methods which uses comparision (> or == operators).
+   IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS
+*/
+
+IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS_PREMITIVE(bool)
 INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_BOOL
+IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS_PREMITIVE(unsigned int)
+INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_NUMPYARRAY(uint, unsigned int, NPY_UINT)       // 32bit
 
+/*
+   for these Array2D, we instantiate it. But we dont extend it since, Array2D<T> does not
+   expose the interanl pointer to array1d.
+*/
+%template(intArray2D) mfem::Array2D<int>;
+%template(doubleArray2D) mfem::Array2D<double>;
 

mfem/_ser/array.i

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ XXXPTR_SIZE_IN(bool *data_, int asize, bool)
 %pythonappend mfem::Array::Array %{
   if len(args) == 1 and isinstance(args[0], list):
       if (len(args[0]) == 2 and hasattr(args[0][0], 'disown') and
-	  not hasattr(args[0][1], 'disown')):
+          not hasattr(args[0][1], 'disown')):
           ## first element is SwigObject, like <Swig Object of type 'int *'>
           ## We do not own data in this case.
           pass
@@ -147,8 +147,41 @@ namespace mfem{
 %template(intSwap) Swap<int>;
 }
 
+/*
+  Instantiation of Array templates.
+
+  We instantiate some common use cases. Array.cpp instantiate these specialization.
+
+  template class Array<char>;
+  template class Array<int>;
+  template class Array<long long>;
+  template class Array<double>;
+  template class Array2D<int>;
+  template class Array2D<double>;
+*/
+
 %import "../common/array_instantiation_macro.i"
 INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_INT
 INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_DOUBLE
-IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS(bool)
+INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_NUMPYARRAY(int8, char, NPY_BYTE)            // for 8bit data
+INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_NUMPYARRAY(int64, long long, NPY_LONGLONG)  // 64bit
+
+ /*
+For other classes, we need to ignore some  methods
+ To ignore methos defined in Array.cpp, we use
+   IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS_PREMITIVE
+ In more genral object, we need to futher ignore methods which uses comparision (> or == operators).
+   IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS
+ */
+
+IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS_PREMITIVE(bool)
 INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_BOOL
+IGNORE_ARRAY_METHODS_PREMITIVE(unsigned int)
+INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_NUMPYARRAY(uint, unsigned int, NPY_UINT)       // 32bit
+
+/*
+   for these Array2D, we instantiate it. But we dont extend it since, Array2D<T> does not
+   expose the interanl pointer to array1d.
+*/
+%template(intArray2D) mfem::Array2D<int>;
+%template(doubleArray2D) mfem::Array2D<double>;

mfem/_ser/gslib.i

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import_array();
 %include "exception.i"
 %include "../common/typemap_macros.i"
 %include "../common/exception.i"
+%import array.i
 %import vector.i
 %import mesh.i
 %import gridfunc.i