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= Cython 0.16 =
 * Release date: April 21, 2012
 * Downloads:
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.tar.gz
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.zip
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.md5
 * Git:
   * https://github.com/cython/cython/commit/966ecfbb81a7ffedf6a716cc6c3eaa2068c23987


The bug tracker has a http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/query?status=closed&group=component&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=milestone&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=component&milestone=0.16&desc=1


== Features ==
  * Enhancements to Cython's function type (support for weak references, default arguments, code objects, dynamic attributes, classmethods, staticmethods, and more)
  * Fused Types - Template-like support for functions and methods http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/fusedtypes (https://sage.math.washington.edu:8091/hudson/job/cython-docs/doclinks/1/src/userguide/fusedtypes.html )
  * Typed views on memory - Support for efficient direct and indirect buffers (indexing, slicing, transposing, ...) http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/array  (https://sage.math.washington.edu:8091/hudson/job/cython-docs/doclinks/1/src/userguide/memoryviews.html )
  * super() without arguments 
  * Final cdef methods (which translate into direct calls on known instances)

== General Improvements and Bug Fixes ==
  * support default arguments for closures
  * search sys.path for pxd files
  * support C++ template casting
  * faster traceback building and faster generator termination
  * support inplace operators on indexed buffers
  * fix alignment handling for record types in buffer support
  * allow nested prange sections

== Contributors ==
Many thanks to all people who contributed to this release:

  * Angus McMorland
  * Armon Dadgar
  * Bradley M. Froehle
  * Charles Grunwald (Juntalis)
  * Dag Sverre Seljebotn
  * David Cournapeau
  * Dimitri Tcaciuc
  * Gordin
  * Gregor Thalhammer
  * Inada Naoki
  * Jeff Ramnani
  * Jerome Kieffer
  * Kurt Smith
  * Lars Buitinck
  * Lisandro Dalcin
  * Mansour Moufid
  * Mark Florisson
  * Mark Peek
  * Matthew Brett
  * Ralf Schmitt
  * Robert Bradshaw
  * Stefan Behnel
  * Thomas Lotze
  * Vitja Makarov
  * Vladimir Cerny
  * Yury V. Zaytsev


== Release Candidates ==

= Cython 0.16 Release Candidate 2 =
 * Release date: April 15, 2012
 * Downloads:
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc2.tar.gz
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc2.zip
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc2.md5

= Cython 0.16 Release Candidate 1 =
 * Release date: April 12, 2012
 * Downloads:
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc1.tar.gz
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc1.zip
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc1.md5

= Cython 0.16 Release Candidate 0 =
 * Release date: March 31, 2012
 * Downloads:
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc0.tar.gz
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc0.zip
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16rc0.md5

= Cython 0.16 β =
 * Release date: Februari 26, 2012
 * Downloads:
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.beta0.tar.gz
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.beta0.zip
   * http://cython.org/release/Cython-0.16.beta0.md5
