any perf changes? are the XML changes orthogonal? (not objecting)

any perf changes?

same as the other PRs: should be neglible on 64bit, mixed on 32bit until we are internally consistent

are the XML changes orthogonal? (not objecting)

i didnt do those, no idea how they got into the diff

looks like the XML edits are already present in master, but just rebased, so hopefully they'll dissappear from the diff

i guess general question then

i agree aligning in intp is good mainly because we need to convert when we do a take
but shouldn't we see perf gains (from not constantly converting)?

but shouldn't we see perf gains (from not constantly converting)?

on 64bit systems intp and int64 are the same and ensure_platform_int doesnt make a copy if it doesnt have to (and is in cython, so is cheap). on 32bit yes, we are going back-and-forth in some places but ATM it is too scattered to really track down (even if i had the hardware on hand)