扩展#

The BitGenerators 已被设计为可使用高性能 Python 的标准工具(Numba 和 Cython)进行扩展。The Generator 对象也可以与用户提供的 BitGenerators 一起使用,只要这些 BitGenerators 导出了一组必需的函数。

Numba#

Numba 可以与 CTypes 或 CFFI 一起使用。The BitGenerators 的当前迭代通过这两个接口都导出了一组函数。

此示例展示了如何使用 Numba 来生成高斯样本,使用的是一个纯 Python 实现,然后进行编译。随机数由 ctypes.next_double 提供。

import numpy as np
import numba as nb

from numpy.random import PCG64
from timeit import timeit

bit_gen = PCG64()
next_d = bit_gen.cffi.next_double
state_addr = bit_gen.cffi.state_address

def normals(n, state):
    out = np.empty(n)
    for i in range((n + 1) // 2):
        x1 = 2.0 * next_d(state) - 1.0
        x2 = 2.0 * next_d(state) - 1.0
        r2 = x1 * x1 + x2 * x2
        while r2 >= 1.0 or r2 == 0.0:
            x1 = 2.0 * next_d(state) - 1.0
            x2 = 2.0 * next_d(state) - 1.0
            r2 = x1 * x1 + x2 * x2
        f = np.sqrt(-2.0 * np.log(r2) / r2)
        out[2 * i] = f * x1
        if 2 * i + 1 < n:
            out[2 * i + 1] = f * x2
    return out

# Compile using Numba
normalsj = nb.jit(normals, nopython=True)
# Must use state address not state with numba
n = 10000

def numbacall():
    return normalsj(n, state_addr)

rg = np.random.Generator(PCG64())

def numpycall():
    return rg.normal(size=n)

# Check that the functions work
r1 = numbacall()
r2 = numpycall()
assert r1.shape == (n,)
assert r1.shape == r2.shape

t1 = timeit(numbacall, number=1000)
print(f'{t1:.2f} secs for {n} PCG64 (Numba/PCG64) gaussian randoms')
t2 = timeit(numpycall, number=1000)
print(f'{t2:.2f} secs for {n} PCG64 (NumPy/PCG64) gaussian randoms')

CTypes 和 CFFI 都允许在编译文件 distributions.c 为 DLLso 后,在 Numba 中直接使用更复杂的分布。以下 示例 部分中展示了一个使用更复杂分布的示例。

Cython#

Cython 可用于解包 BitGenerator 提供的 PyCapsule。此示例使用 PCG64 和上面的示例。使用 Cython 编写高性能代码的常见注意事项——移除边界检查和绕回,提供数组对齐信息——仍然适用。

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#cython: language_level=3
"""
This file shows how the to use a BitGenerator to create a distribution.
"""
import numpy as np
cimport numpy as np
cimport cython
from cpython.pycapsule cimport PyCapsule_IsValid, PyCapsule_GetPointer
from libc.stdint cimport uint16_t, uint64_t
from numpy.random cimport bitgen_t
from numpy.random import PCG64
from numpy.random.c_distributions cimport (
      random_standard_uniform_fill, random_standard_uniform_fill_f)


@cython.boundscheck(False)
@cython.wraparound(False)
def uniforms(Py_ssize_t n):
    """
    Create an array of `n` uniformly distributed doubles.
    A 'real' distribution would want to process the values into
    some non-uniform distribution
    """
    cdef Py_ssize_t i
    cdef bitgen_t *rng
    cdef const char *capsule_name = "BitGenerator"
    cdef double[::1] random_values

    x = PCG64()
    capsule = x.capsule
    # Optional check that the capsule if from a BitGenerator
    if not PyCapsule_IsValid(capsule, capsule_name):
        raise ValueError("Invalid pointer to anon_func_state")
    # Cast the pointer
    rng = <bitgen_t *> PyCapsule_GetPointer(capsule, capsule_name)
    random_values = np.empty(n, dtype='float64')
    with x.lock, nogil:
        for i in range(n):
            # Call the function
            random_values[i] = rng.next_double(rng.state)
    randoms = np.asarray(random_values)

    return randoms

The BitGenerator 也可以使用 bitgen_t 结构的成员直接访问。

@cython.boundscheck(False)
@cython.wraparound(False)
def uint10_uniforms(Py_ssize_t n):
    """Uniform 10 bit integers stored as 16-bit unsigned integers"""
    cdef Py_ssize_t i
    cdef bitgen_t *rng
    cdef const char *capsule_name = "BitGenerator"
    cdef uint16_t[::1] random_values
    cdef int bits_remaining
    cdef int width = 10
    cdef uint64_t buff, mask = 0x3FF

    x = PCG64()
    capsule = x.capsule
    if not PyCapsule_IsValid(capsule, capsule_name):
        raise ValueError("Invalid pointer to anon_func_state")
    rng = <bitgen_t *> PyCapsule_GetPointer(capsule, capsule_name)
    random_values = np.empty(n, dtype='uint16')
    # Best practice is to release GIL and acquire the lock
    bits_remaining = 0
    with x.lock, nogil:
        for i in range(n):
            if bits_remaining < width:
                buff = rng.next_uint64(rng.state)
            random_values[i] = buff & mask
            buff >>= width

    randoms = np.asarray(random_values)
    return randoms

Cython 可用于直接访问 numpy/random/c_distributions.pxd 中的函数。这需要链接到位于 numpy/random/lib 中的 npyrandom 库。

def uniforms_ex(bit_generator, Py_ssize_t n, dtype=np.float64):
    """
    Create an array of `n` uniformly distributed doubles via a "fill" function.

    A 'real' distribution would want to process the values into
    some non-uniform distribution

    Parameters
    ----------
    bit_generator: BitGenerator instance
    n: int
        Output vector length
    dtype: {str, dtype}, optional
        Desired dtype, either 'd' (or 'float64') or 'f' (or 'float32'). The
        default dtype value is 'd'
    """
    cdef Py_ssize_t i
    cdef bitgen_t *rng
    cdef const char *capsule_name = "BitGenerator"
    cdef np.ndarray randoms

    capsule = bit_generator.capsule
    # Optional check that the capsule if from a BitGenerator
    if not PyCapsule_IsValid(capsule, capsule_name):
        raise ValueError("Invalid pointer to anon_func_state")
    # Cast the pointer
    rng = <bitgen_t *> PyCapsule_GetPointer(capsule, capsule_name)

    _dtype = np.dtype(dtype)
    randoms = np.empty(n, dtype=_dtype)
    if _dtype == np.float32:
        with bit_generator.lock:
            random_standard_uniform_fill_f(rng, n, <float*>np.PyArray_DATA(randoms))
    elif _dtype == np.float64:
        with bit_generator.lock:
            random_standard_uniform_fill(rng, n, <double*>np.PyArray_DATA(randoms))
    else:
        raise TypeError('Unsupported dtype %r for random' % _dtype)
    return randoms

请参阅 通过 Cython 扩展 numpy.random 以获取这些示例的完整列表以及用于构建 c-扩展模块的最小 setup.py

CFFI#

CFFI 可用于直接访问 include/numpy/random/distributions.h 中的函数。需要对头文件进行一些“修改”。

"""
Use cffi to access any of the underlying C functions from distributions.h
"""
import os
import numpy as np
import cffi
from .parse import parse_distributions_h
ffi = cffi.FFI()

inc_dir = os.path.join(np.get_include(), 'numpy')

# Basic numpy types
ffi.cdef('''
    typedef intptr_t npy_intp;
    typedef unsigned char npy_bool;

''')

parse_distributions_h(ffi, inc_dir)

一旦头文件被 ffi.cdef 解析,就可以使用 BitGenerator.cffi 接口直接从 _generator 共享对象访问这些函数。


# Compare the distributions.h random_standard_normal_fill to
# Generator.standard_random
bit_gen = np.random.PCG64()
rng = np.random.Generator(bit_gen)
state = bit_gen.state

interface = rng.bit_generator.cffi
n = 100
vals_cffi = ffi.new('double[%d]' % n)
lib.random_standard_normal_fill(interface.bit_generator, n, vals_cffi)

# reset the state
bit_gen.state = state

vals = rng.standard_normal(n)

for i in range(n):
    assert vals[i] == vals_cffi[i]

新的 BitGenerators#

Generator 可与用户提供的 BitGenerators 一起使用。编写新的 BitGenerator 的最简单方法是检查现有 BitGenerators 之一的 pyx 文件。必须提供的关键结构是 capsule,它包含一个指向类型为 bitgen_t 的结构指针的 PyCapsule

typedef struct bitgen {
  void *state;
  uint64_t (*next_uint64)(void *st);
  uint32_t (*next_uint32)(void *st);
  double (*next_double)(void *st);
  uint64_t (*next_raw)(void *st);
} bitgen_t;

它提供了 5 个指针。第一个是指向 BitGenerators 使用的数据结构的不透明指针。接下来的三个是指针,它们返回下一个 64 位和 32 位无符号整数、下一个随机双精度数和下一个原始值。此最终函数用于测试,因此如果不需要,可以将其设置为下一个 64 位无符号整数函数。 Generator 内部的函数使用此结构,如

bitgen_state->next_uint64(bitgen_state->state)

示例#