fixed conflicts

1 files changed, 3536 insertions, 3144 deletions

diff --git a/python/src/_cdec.cpp b/python/src/_cdec.cpp
index 1bd600f0..770b422c 100644
--- a/python/src/_cdec.cpp
+++ b/python/src/_cdec.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Generated by Cython 0.17.beta1 on Tue Aug 14 22:47:23 2012 */
+/* Generated by Cython 0.18 on Thu Feb 21 19:39:13 2013 */
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include "Python.h"
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #ifndef offsetof
 #define offsetof(type, member) ( (size_t) & ((type*)0) -> member )
 #endif
-
 #if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(MS_WINDOWS)
   #ifndef __stdcall
     #define __stdcall
@@ -23,22 +22,18 @@
     #define __fastcall
   #endif
 #endif
-
 #ifndef DL_IMPORT
   #define DL_IMPORT(t) t
 #endif
 #ifndef DL_EXPORT
   #define DL_EXPORT(t) t
 #endif
-
 #ifndef PY_LONG_LONG
   #define PY_LONG_LONG LONG_LONG
 #endif
-
 #ifndef Py_HUGE_VAL
   #define Py_HUGE_VAL HUGE_VAL
 #endif
-
 #ifdef PYPY_VERSION
 #define CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY 1
 #define CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_CPYTHON 0
@@ -46,25 +41,28 @@
 #define CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY 0
 #define CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_CPYTHON 1
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
   typedef int Py_ssize_t;
   #define PY_SSIZE_T_MAX INT_MAX
   #define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN INT_MIN
   #define PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T ""
+  #define CYTHON_FORMAT_SSIZE_T ""
   #define PyInt_FromSsize_t(z) PyInt_FromLong(z)
   #define PyInt_AsSsize_t(o)   __Pyx_PyInt_AsInt(o)
   #define PyNumber_Index(o)    ((PyNumber_Check(o) && !PyFloat_Check(o)) ? PyNumber_Int(o) : \
                                 (PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, \
                                               "expected index value, got %.200s", Py_TYPE(o)->tp_name), \
                                  (PyObject*)0))
-  #define PyIndex_Check(o)     (PyNumber_Check(o) && !PyFloat_Check(o) && !PyComplex_Check(o))
+  #define __Pyx_PyIndex_Check(o) (PyNumber_Check(o) && !PyFloat_Check(o) && \
+                                  !PyComplex_Check(o))
+  #define PyIndex_Check __Pyx_PyIndex_Check
   #define PyErr_WarnEx(category, message, stacklevel) PyErr_Warn(category, message)
   #define __PYX_BUILD_PY_SSIZE_T "i"
 #else
   #define __PYX_BUILD_PY_SSIZE_T "n"
+  #define CYTHON_FORMAT_SSIZE_T "z"
+  #define __Pyx_PyIndex_Check PyIndex_Check
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000
   #define Py_REFCNT(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_refcnt)
   #define Py_TYPE(ob)   (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@
   #define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) \
           PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
   #define PyType_Modified(t)
-
   typedef struct {
      void *buf;
      PyObject *obj;
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@
      Py_ssize_t *suboffsets;
      void *internal;
   } Py_buffer;
-
   #define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0
   #define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001
   #define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004
@@ -98,11 +94,9 @@
   #define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
   #define PyBUF_RECORDS (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_FORMAT | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
   #define PyBUF_FULL (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_FORMAT | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
-
   typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
   typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *);
 #endif
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
   #define __Pyx_BUILTIN_MODULE_NAME "__builtin__"
   #define __Pyx_PyCode_New(a, k, l, s, f, code, c, n, v, fv, cell, fn, name, fline, lnos) \
@@ -112,21 +106,16 @@
   #define __Pyx_PyCode_New(a, k, l, s, f, code, c, n, v, fv, cell, fn, name, fline, lnos) \
           PyCode_New(a, k, l, s, f, code, c, n, v, fv, cell, fn, name, fline, lnos)
 #endif
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 && PY_MINOR_VERSION < 6
   #define PyUnicode_FromString(s) PyUnicode_Decode(s, strlen(s), "UTF-8", "strict")
 #endif
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
   #define Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES 0
   #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX 0
 #endif
-
 #if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000) || (PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3)
   #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_NEWBUFFER 0
 #endif
-
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX > 0x03030000 && defined(PyUnicode_KIND)
   #define CYTHON_PEP393_ENABLED 1
   #define __Pyx_PyUnicode_READY(op)       (likely(PyUnicode_IS_READY(op)) ? \
@@ -139,10 +128,8 @@
   #define __Pyx_PyUnicode_READY(op)       (0)
   #define __Pyx_PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(u)   PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(u)
   #define __Pyx_PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(u, i) ((Py_UCS4)(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(u)[i]))
-
   #define __Pyx_PyUnicode_READ(k, d, i)   ((k=k), (Py_UCS4)(((Py_UNICODE*)d)[i]))
 #endif
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
   #define PyBaseString_Type            PyUnicode_Type
   #define PyStringObject               PyUnicodeObject
@@ -150,7 +137,6 @@
   #define PyString_Check               PyUnicode_Check
   #define PyString_CheckExact          PyUnicode_CheckExact
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000
   #define PyBytesObject                PyStringObject
   #define PyBytes_Type                 PyString_Type
@@ -169,7 +155,6 @@
   #define PyBytes_Concat               PyString_Concat
   #define PyBytes_ConcatAndDel         PyString_ConcatAndDel
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000
   #define PySet_Check(obj)             PyObject_TypeCheck(obj, &PySet_Type)
   #define PyFrozenSet_Check(obj)       PyObject_TypeCheck(obj, &PyFrozenSet_Type)
@@ -177,9 +162,7 @@
 #ifndef PySet_CheckExact
   #define PySet_CheckExact(obj)        (Py_TYPE(obj) == &PySet_Type)
 #endif
-
 #define __Pyx_TypeCheck(obj, type) PyObject_TypeCheck(obj, (PyTypeObject *)type)
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
   #define PyIntObject                  PyLongObject
   #define PyInt_Type                   PyLong_Type
@@ -196,11 +179,9 @@
   #define PyInt_AsUnsignedLongMask     PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask
   #define PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask
 #endif
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
   #define PyBoolObject                 PyLongObject
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03020000
   typedef long Py_hash_t;
   #define __Pyx_PyInt_FromHash_t PyInt_FromLong
@@ -209,7 +190,6 @@
   #define __Pyx_PyInt_FromHash_t PyInt_FromSsize_t
   #define __Pyx_PyInt_AsHash_t   PyInt_AsSsize_t
 #endif
-
 #if (PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3) || (PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03010300)
   #define __Pyx_PySequence_GetSlice(obj, a, b) PySequence_GetSlice(obj, a, b)
   #define __Pyx_PySequence_SetSlice(obj, a, b, value) PySequence_SetSlice(obj, a, b, value)
@@ -228,11 +208,9 @@
         (likely((obj)->ob_type->tp_as_mapping) ? (PySequence_DelSlice(obj, a, b)) : \
             (PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "'%.200s' object doesn't support slice deletion", (obj)->ob_type->tp_name), -1)))
 #endif
-
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
   #define PyMethod_New(func, self, klass) ((self) ? PyMethod_New(func, self) : PyInstanceMethod_New(func))
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
   #define __Pyx_GetAttrString(o,n)   PyObject_GetAttrString((o),((char *)(n)))
   #define __Pyx_SetAttrString(o,n,a) PyObject_SetAttrString((o),((char *)(n)),(a))
@@ -242,7 +220,6 @@
   #define __Pyx_SetAttrString(o,n,a) PyObject_SetAttrString((o),(n),(a))
   #define __Pyx_DelAttrString(o,n)   PyObject_DelAttrString((o),(n))
 #endif
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
   #define __Pyx_NAMESTR(n) ((char *)(n))
   #define __Pyx_DOCSTR(n)  ((char *)(n))
@@ -251,6 +228,7 @@
   #define __Pyx_DOCSTR(n)  (n)
 #endif
 
+
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
   #define __Pyx_PyNumber_Divide(x,y)         PyNumber_TrueDivide(x,y)
   #define __Pyx_PyNumber_InPlaceDivide(x,y)  PyNumber_InPlaceTrueDivide(x,y)
@@ -275,6 +253,10 @@
 #define __PYX_HAVE_API___cdec
 #include "string.h"
 #include <string>
+#include "ios"
+#include "new"
+#include "stdexcept"
+#include "typeinfo"
 #include <vector>
 #include <utility>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -307,7 +289,7 @@
 #include "decoder/kbest.h"
 #include "mteval/ns.h"
 #include "py_scorer.h"
-#include "training/candidate_set.h"
+#include "training/utils/candidate_set.h"
 #ifdef _OPENMP
 #include <omp.h>
 #endif /* _OPENMP */
@@ -316,8 +298,6 @@
 #define CYTHON_WITHOUT_ASSERTIONS
 #endif
 
-
-/* inline attribute */
 #ifndef CYTHON_INLINE
   #if defined(__GNUC__)
     #define CYTHON_INLINE __inline__
@@ -329,8 +309,6 @@
     #define CYTHON_INLINE
   #endif
 #endif
-
-/* unused attribute */
 #ifndef CYTHON_UNUSED
 # if defined(__GNUC__)
 #   if !(defined(__cplusplus)) || (__GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4))
@@ -344,24 +322,17 @@
 #   define CYTHON_UNUSED
 # endif
 #endif
-
 typedef struct {PyObject **p; char *s; const long n; const char* encoding; const char is_unicode; const char is_str; const char intern; } __Pyx_StringTabEntry; /*proto*/
 
-
-/* Type Conversion Predeclarations */
-
 #define __Pyx_PyBytes_FromUString(s) PyBytes_FromString((char*)s)
 #define __Pyx_PyBytes_AsUString(s)   ((unsigned char*) PyBytes_AsString(s))
-
 #define __Pyx_Owned_Py_None(b) (Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None)
 #define __Pyx_PyBool_FromLong(b) ((b) ? (Py_INCREF(Py_True), Py_True) : (Py_INCREF(Py_False), Py_False))
 static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject*);
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyNumber_Int(PyObject* x);
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE Py_ssize_t __Pyx_PyIndex_AsSsize_t(PyObject*);
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject * __Pyx_PyInt_FromSize_t(size_t);
 static CYTHON_INLINE size_t __Pyx_PyInt_AsSize_t(PyObject*);
-
 #if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_CPYTHON
 #define __pyx_PyFloat_AsDouble(x) (PyFloat_CheckExact(x) ? PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(x) : PyFloat_AsDouble(x))
 #else
@@ -369,6 +340,7 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE size_t __Pyx_PyInt_AsSize_t(PyObject*);
 #endif
 #define __pyx_PyFloat_AsFloat(x) ((float) __pyx_PyFloat_AsDouble(x))
 
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
   /* Test for GCC > 2.95 */
   #if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 95))
@@ -400,11 +372,13 @@ static const char *__pyx_f[] = {
   "hypergraph.pxi",
   "lattice.pxi",
   "mteval.pxi",
+  "stringsource",
   "cdec.sa._sa.pxd",
 };
 
 /*--- Type declarations ---*/
 struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FeatureVector;
+struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_NTRef;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Scorer;
 struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_IntList;
@@ -427,7 +401,6 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Candidate;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_6_genexpr;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_NT;
 struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FloatList;
-struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_1___iter__;
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_16___get__;
@@ -459,7 +432,7 @@ struct __pyx_opt_args_5_cdec_as_str;
 /* "_cdec.pyx":6
  * cimport decoder
  * 
- * cdef char* as_str(data, char* error_msg='Cannot convert type %s to str'):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ * cdef bytes as_str(data, char* error_msg='Cannot convert type %s to str'):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  *     cdef bytes ret
  *     if isinstance(data, unicode):
  */
@@ -468,7 +441,7 @@ struct __pyx_opt_args_5_cdec_as_str {
   char *error_msg;
 };
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":25
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":25
  *     cdef void read_handle(self, FILE* f)
  * 
  * cdef class FeatureVector:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -482,7 +455,20 @@ struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FeatureVector {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":20
+/* "_cdec.pyx":47
+ *     cdef DenseVector weights
+ * 
+ *     def __init__(self, config_str=None, **config):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *         """Decoder('formalism = scfg') -> initialize from configuration string
+ *         Decoder(formalism='scfg') -> initialize from named parameters
+ */
+struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ {
+  PyObject_HEAD
+  PyObject *__pyx_v_config;
+};
+
+
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":21
  *         return '[%s]' % self.cat
  * 
  * cdef class NTRef:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -495,7 +481,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_NTRef {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":117
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":121
  *         return CandidateSet(self)
  * 
  * cdef class Scorer:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -509,7 +495,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Scorer {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":12
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":12
  *     cdef void read_handle(self, FILE* f)
  * 
  * cdef class IntList:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -526,7 +512,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_IntList {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":29
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":29
  *     cdef FloatList values
  * 
  * cdef class Phrase:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -543,7 +529,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_Phrase {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":90
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":90
  *         return candidate
  * 
  *     def __iter__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -559,8 +545,8 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_22___iter__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":178
- *         super(MRule, self).__init__(lhs, rhs, e, scores, a)
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":193
+ *         super(MRule, self).__init__(lhs, rhs, e, scores, None)
  * 
  * cdef class Grammar:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  *     cdef shared_ptr[grammar.Grammar]* grammar
@@ -572,9 +558,9 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Grammar {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/lattice.pxi":63
- * 
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/lattice.pxi":63
  *     def todot(self):
+ *         """lattice.todot() -> Representation of the lattice in GraphViz dot format."""
  *         def lines():             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  *             yield 'digraph lattice {'
  *             yield 'rankdir = LR;'
@@ -595,12 +581,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_20_lines {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":91
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":108
  *             del hypos
  * 
  *     def sample_trees(self, unsigned n):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *        """hg.sample_trees(n) -> Sample of n trees from the hypergraph."""
  *        cdef vector[string]* trees = new vector[string]()
- *        hypergraph.sample_trees(self.hg[0], n, self._rng(), trees)
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_12_sample_trees {
   PyObject_HEAD
@@ -613,7 +599,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_12_sample_trees {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":136
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":161
  * 
  *     property edges:
  *         def __get__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -629,7 +615,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_13___get__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":5
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":5
  * import cdec.sa._sa as _sa
  * 
  * def _phrase(phrase):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -642,7 +628,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_2__phrase {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":65
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":65
  *         return result
  * 
  * cdef class CandidateSet:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -657,7 +643,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_CandidateSet {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":142
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":167
  * 
  *     property nodes:
  *         def __get__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -673,7 +659,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_14___get__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":47
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":49
  *     return TRule(lhs, f, e, scores, a)
  * 
  * cdef class TRule:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -686,7 +672,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TRule {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":35
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":35
  *     cdef public int chunklen(self, int k)
  * 
  * cdef class Rule:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -704,19 +690,19 @@ struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_Rule {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":166
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":177
  *                 _phrase(self.f), _phrase(self.e), scores)
  * 
  * cdef class MRule(TRule):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
- *     def __init__(self, lhs, rhs, scores, a=None):
- *         cdef unsigned i = 1
+ *     def __init__(self, lhs, rhs, scores):
+ *         """MRule(lhs, rhs, scores, a=None) -> Monolingual rule.
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_MRule {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TRule __pyx_base;
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":98
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":100
  *         self.cs.AddKBestCandidates(hypergraph.hg[0], k, self.scorer.get())
  * 
  * cdef class SegmentEvaluator:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -730,7 +716,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_SegmentEvaluator {
 };
 
 
-/* "_cdec.pyx":57
+/* "_cdec.pyx":56
  *                     'csplit', 'tagger', 'lexalign'):
  *                 raise InvalidConfig('formalism "%s" unknown' % formalism)
  *             config_str = '\n'.join('%s = %s' % kv for kv in _make_config(config))             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -739,7 +725,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_SegmentEvaluator {
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_25_genexpr {
   PyObject_HEAD
-  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *__pyx_outer_scope;
+  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *__pyx_outer_scope;
   PyObject *__pyx_v_kv;
   PyObject *__pyx_t_0;
   Py_ssize_t __pyx_t_1;
@@ -747,12 +733,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_25_genexpr {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/lattice.pxi":62
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/lattice.pxi":61
  *             yield self[i]
  * 
  *     def todot(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *         """lattice.todot() -> Representation of the lattice in GraphViz dot format."""
  *         def lines():
- *             yield 'digraph lattice {'
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_19_todot {
   PyObject_HEAD
@@ -760,7 +746,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_19_todot {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":12
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":12
  *         return stats
  * 
  * cdef class Candidate:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -774,7 +760,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Candidate {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":162
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":173
  * 
  *     def __str__(self):
  *         scores = ' '.join('%s=%s' % feat for feat in self.scores)             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -791,7 +777,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_6_genexpr {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":8
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":8
  *     return ' '.join(w.encode('utf8') if isinstance(w, unicode) else str(w) for w in phrase)
  * 
  * cdef class NT:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -805,7 +791,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_NT {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":3
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":3
  * from libc.stdio cimport FILE
  * 
  * cdef class FloatList:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -822,20 +808,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FloatList {
 };
 
 
-/* "_cdec.pyx":46
- *     cdef DenseVector weights
- * 
- *     def __cinit__(self, config_str=None, **config):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
- *         """ Configuration can be given as a string:
- *                 Decoder('formalism = scfg')
- */
-struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ {
-  PyObject_HEAD
-  PyObject *__pyx_v_config;
-};
-
-
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":170
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":196
  *         return vector
  * 
  * cdef class HypergraphEdge:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -851,7 +824,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/vectors.pxi":67
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/vectors.pxi":72
  *         self.vector.set_value(fid, value)
  * 
  *     def __iter__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -868,7 +841,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_1___iter__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":226
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":256
  * 
  *     property in_edges:
  *         def __get__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -884,7 +857,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_16___get__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":121
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":131
  * 
  *     property a:
  *         def __get__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -901,7 +874,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_4___get__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/lattice.pxi":57
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/lattice.pxi":56
  *         return unicode(str(self), 'utf8')
  * 
  *     def __iter__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -917,7 +890,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_18___iter__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "_cdec.pyx":42
+/* "_cdec.pyx":43
  *             yield key, str(value)
  * 
  * cdef class Decoder:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -931,7 +904,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Decoder {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":216
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":246
  *         raise NotImplemented('comparison not implemented for HypergraphEdge')
  * 
  * cdef class HypergraphNode:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -946,7 +919,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphNode {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/vectors.pxi":45
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/vectors.pxi":48
  *         return sparse
  * 
  * cdef class SparseVector:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -959,7 +932,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_SparseVector {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":232
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":262
  * 
  *     property out_edges:
  *         def __get__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -975,7 +948,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_17___get__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/vectors.pxi":31
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/vectors.pxi":32
  *         self.vector[0][fid] = value
  * 
  *     def __iter__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -991,7 +964,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct____iter__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":44
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":44
  *         return self.stats.size()
  * 
  *     def __iter__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1008,7 +981,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_21___iter__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/vectors.pxi":3
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/vectors.pxi":3
  * from cython.operator cimport preincrement as pinc
  * 
  * cdef class DenseVector:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1022,7 +995,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_DenseVector {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":184
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":199
  *         del self.grammar
  * 
  *     def __iter__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1041,7 +1014,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_7___iter__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":172
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":176
  *         out.fields[i] = ss[i]
  * 
  * cdef class Metric:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1054,7 +1027,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Metric {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/mteval.pxi":26
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/mteval.pxi":26
  *             return fmap
  * 
  * cdef class SufficientStats:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1068,12 +1041,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_SufficientStats {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":36
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":49
  *         return unicode(hypergraph.JoshuaVisualizationString(self.hg[0]).c_str(), 'utf8')
  * 
  *     def kbest(self, size):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *         """hg.kbest(size) -> List of k-best hypotheses in the hypergraph."""
  *         cdef kbest.KBestDerivations[vector[WordID], kbest.ESentenceTraversal]* derivations = new kbest.KBestDerivations[vector[WordID], kbest.ESentenceTraversal](self.hg[0], size)
- *         cdef kbest.KBestDerivations[vector[WordID], kbest.ESentenceTraversal].Derivation* derivation
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_8_kbest {
   PyObject_HEAD
@@ -1087,12 +1060,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_8_kbest {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":66
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":81
  *             del e_derivations
  * 
  *     def kbest_features(self, size):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *         """hg.kbest_trees(size) -> List of k-best feature vectors in the hypergraph."""
  *         cdef kbest.KBestDerivations[FastSparseVector[weight_t], kbest.FeatureVectorTraversal]* derivations = new kbest.KBestDerivations[FastSparseVector[weight_t], kbest.FeatureVectorTraversal](self.hg[0], size)
- *         cdef kbest.KBestDerivations[FastSparseVector[weight_t], kbest.FeatureVectorTraversal].Derivation* derivation
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_10_kbest_features {
   PyObject_HEAD
@@ -1107,7 +1080,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_10_kbest_features {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":190
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":216
  * 
  *     property tail_nodes:
  *         def __get__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1123,8 +1096,8 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_15___get__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":161
- *             self.rule.get().lhs_ = -TDConvert(<char *>lhs.cat)
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":172
+ *             self.rule.get().lhs_ = -TDConvert((<NT> lhs).cat)
  * 
  *     def __str__(self):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  *         scores = ' '.join('%s=%s' % feat for feat in self.scores)
@@ -1136,7 +1109,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_5___str__ {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":6
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":6
  * 
  * def _phrase(phrase):
  *     return ' '.join(w.encode('utf8') if isinstance(w, unicode) else str(w) for w in phrase)             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1153,12 +1126,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_3_genexpr {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":48
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":62
  *             del derivations
  * 
  *     def kbest_trees(self, size):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *         """hg.kbest_trees(size) -> List of k-best trees in the hypergraph."""
  *         cdef kbest.KBestDerivations[vector[WordID], kbest.FTreeTraversal]* f_derivations = new kbest.KBestDerivations[vector[WordID], kbest.FTreeTraversal](self.hg[0], size)
- *         cdef kbest.KBestDerivations[vector[WordID], kbest.FTreeTraversal].Derivation* f_derivation
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_9_kbest_trees {
   PyObject_HEAD
@@ -1176,7 +1149,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_9_kbest_trees {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":4
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":4
  * cimport kbest
  * 
  * cdef class Hypergraph:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1191,7 +1164,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/lattice.pxi":3
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/lattice.pxi":3
  * cimport lattice
  * 
  * cdef class Lattice:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1204,12 +1177,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Lattice {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":81
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":97
  *             del derivations
  * 
  *     def sample(self, unsigned n):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *         """hg.sample(n) -> Sample of n hypotheses from the hypergraph."""
  *         cdef vector[hypergraph.Hypothesis]* hypos = new vector[hypergraph.Hypothesis]()
- *         hypergraph.sample_hypotheses(self.hg[0], n, self._rng(), hypos)
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_11_sample {
   PyObject_HEAD
@@ -1222,7 +1195,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_11_sample {
 };
 
 
-/* "_cdec.pyx":31
+/* "_cdec.pyx":32
  *     SetSilent(yn)
  * 
  * def _make_config(config):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1245,12 +1218,12 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config {
 };
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/grammar.pxi":201
- *             self.grammar.get().SetGrammarName(string(<char *>name))
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/grammar.pxi":217
+ *             self.grammar.get().SetGrammarName(name)
  * 
  * cdef class TextGrammar(Grammar):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
- *     def __cinit__(self, rules):
- *         self.grammar = new shared_ptr[grammar.Grammar](new grammar.TextGrammar())
+ *     def __init__(self, rules):
+ *         """TextGrammar(rules) -> SCFG Grammar containing the rules."""
  */
 struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TextGrammar {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Grammar __pyx_base;
@@ -1258,7 +1231,7 @@ struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TextGrammar {
 
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":4
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":4
  * cimport kbest
  * 
  * cdef class Hypergraph:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1272,7 +1245,7 @@ struct __pyx_vtabstruct_5_cdec_Hypergraph {
 static struct __pyx_vtabstruct_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_vtabptr_5_cdec_Hypergraph;
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":170
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":196
  *         return vector
  * 
  * cdef class HypergraphEdge:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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 static struct __pyx_vtabstruct_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_vtabptr_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge;
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":12
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":12
  *     cdef void read_handle(self, FILE* f)
  * 
  * cdef class IntList:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1306,7 +1279,7 @@ struct __pyx_vtabstruct_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_IntList {
 static struct __pyx_vtabstruct_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_IntList *__pyx_vtabptr_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_IntList;
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":3
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":3
  * from libc.stdio cimport FILE
  * 
  * cdef class FloatList:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
@@ -1322,7 +1295,7 @@ struct __pyx_vtabstruct_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FloatList {
 static struct __pyx_vtabstruct_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FloatList *__pyx_vtabptr_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_FloatList;
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":29
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/cdec.sa._sa.pxd":29
  *     cdef FloatList values
  * 
  * cdef class Phrase:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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 static struct __pyx_vtabstruct_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_Phrase *__pyx_vtabptr_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_Phrase;
 
 
-/* "/Users/vchahun/Sandbox/cdec/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":216
+/* "/home/jmflanig/tools/cdec-jflanig/python/src/hypergraph.pxi":246
  *         raise NotImplemented('comparison not implemented for HypergraphEdge')
  * 
  * cdef class HypergraphNode:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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 #define __Pyx_PyIter_Next(obj) __Pyx_PyIter_Next2(obj, NULL)
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+static PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_GetItemDefault(PyObject* d, PyObject* key, PyObject* default_value) {
+    PyObject* value;
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+    value = PyDict_GetItemWithError(d, key);
+    if (unlikely(!value)) {
+        if (unlikely(PyErr_Occurred()))
+            return NULL;
+        value = default_value;
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+    Py_INCREF(value);
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+    if (PyString_CheckExact(key) || PyUnicode_CheckExact(key) || PyInt_CheckExact(key)) {
+        value = PyDict_GetItem(d, key);
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+        }
+        Py_INCREF(value);
+    } else {
+        PyObject *m;
+        m = __Pyx_GetAttrString(d, "get");
+        if (!m) return NULL;
+        value = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(m, key,
+                                             (default_value == Py_None) ? NULL : default_value, NULL);
+        Py_DECREF(m);
+    }
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 static double __Pyx__PyObject_AsDouble(PyObject* obj); /* proto */
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 static void __Pyx_ExceptionReset(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb); /*proto*/
 
-static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, long level); /*proto*/
+static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, int level); /*proto*/
 
 static PyObject *__Pyx_FindPy2Metaclass(PyObject *bases); /*proto*/
 
 static PyObject *__Pyx_CreateClass(PyObject *bases, PyObject *dict, PyObject *name,
-                                   PyObject *modname); /*proto*/
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     PyObject *func_weakreflist;
     PyObject *func_name;
+    PyObject *func_qualname;
     PyObject *func_doc;
     PyObject *func_code;
     PyObject *func_closure;
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-static PyObject *__Pyx_CyFunction_New(PyTypeObject *,
-                                      PyMethodDef *ml, int flags,
+#define __Pyx_CyFunction_NewEx(ml, flags, qualname, self, module, code) \
+    __Pyx_CyFunction_New(__pyx_CyFunctionType, ml, flags, qualname, self, module, code)
+static PyObject *__Pyx_CyFunction_New(PyTypeObject *, PyMethodDef *ml,
+                                      int flags, PyObject* qualname,
                                       PyObject *self, PyObject *module,
                                       PyObject* code);
 static CYTHON_INLINE void *__Pyx_CyFunction_InitDefaults(PyObject *m,
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 static int __Pyx_CyFunction_init(void);
 
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-static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_PyUnicode_Equals(PyObject* s1, PyObject* s2, int equals); /*proto*/
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-#define __Pyx_PyString_Equals __Pyx_PyUnicode_Equals
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 static CYTHON_INLINE unsigned short __Pyx_PyInt_AsUnsignedShort(PyObject *);
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 static CYTHON_INLINE signed PY_LONG_LONG __Pyx_PyInt_AsSignedLongLong(PyObject *);
 
-static void __Pyx_WriteUnraisable(const char *name, int clineno,
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-
 static CYTHON_INLINE void __Pyx_ExceptionSwap(PyObject **type, PyObject **value, PyObject **tb); /*proto*/
 
 #define __Pyx_Generator_USED
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     PyObject_HEAD
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     PyObject *closure;
-    int is_running;
-    int resume_label;
     PyObject *exc_type;
     PyObject *exc_value;
     PyObject *exc_traceback;
     PyObject *gi_weakreflist;
     PyObject *classobj;
     PyObject *yieldfrom;
+    int resume_label;
+    char is_running;  // using T_BOOL for property below requires char value
 } __pyx_GeneratorObject;
 static __pyx_GeneratorObject *__Pyx_Generator_New(__pyx_generator_body_t body,
                                                   PyObject *closure);
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 #define __Pyx_PyGen_FetchStopIterationValue(pvalue) PyGen_FetchStopIterationValue(pvalue)
 #endif
 
+static void __Pyx_WriteUnraisable(const char *name, int clineno,
+                                  int lineno, const char *filename); /*proto*/
+
 static int __Pyx_check_binary_version(void);
 
 static int __Pyx_SetVtable(PyObject *dict, void *vtable); /*proto*/
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-
 static PyObject *__Pyx_ImportModule(const char *name); /*proto*/
 
+static PyTypeObject *__Pyx_ImportType(const char *module_name, const char *class_name, size_t size, int strict);  /*proto*/
+
 static void* __Pyx_GetVtable(PyObject *dict); /*proto*/
 
 static int __Pyx_ImportFunction(PyObject *module, const char *funcname, void (**f)(void), const char *sig); /*proto*/
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 static PyTypeObject *__pyx_ptype_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_21___iter__ = 0;
 static PyTypeObject *__pyx_ptype_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_22___iter__ = 0;
 static PyTypeObject *__pyx_ptype_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config = 0;
-static PyTypeObject *__pyx_ptype_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = 0;
+static PyTypeObject *__pyx_ptype_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ = 0;
 static PyTypeObject *__pyx_ptype_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_25_genexpr = 0;
-static char *__pyx_f_5_cdec_as_str(PyObject *, struct __pyx_opt_args_5_cdec_as_str *__pyx_optional_args); /*proto*/
+static PyObject *__pyx_f_5_cdec_as_str(PyObject *, struct __pyx_opt_args_5_cdec_as_str *__pyx_optional_args); /*proto*/
 static struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TRule *__pyx_f_5_cdec_convert_rule(struct __pyx_obj_4cdec_2sa_3_sa_Rule *); /*proto*/
 static struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_SufficientStats *__pyx_f_5_cdec_as_stats(PyObject *, PyObject *); /*proto*/
 static float __pyx_f_5_cdec__compute_score(void *, SufficientStats *); /*proto*/
 static void __pyx_f_5_cdec__compute_sufficient_stats(void *, std::string *, std::vector<std::string> *, SufficientStats *); /*proto*/
+static std::string __pyx_convert_string_from_py_(PyObject *); /*proto*/
 #define __Pyx_MODULE_NAME "_cdec"
 int __pyx_module_is_main__cdec = 0;
 
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 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_5TRule_7__str___genexpr(PyObject *__pyx_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_5TRule_4__str__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TRule *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
-static int __pyx_pf_5_cdec_5MRule___init__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_MRule *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_lhs, PyObject *__pyx_v_rhs, PyObject *__pyx_v_scores, PyObject *__pyx_v_a); /* proto */
+static int __pyx_pf_5_cdec_5MRule___init__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_MRule *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_lhs, PyObject *__pyx_v_rhs, PyObject *__pyx_v_scores); /* proto */
 static void __pyx_pf_5_cdec_7Grammar___dealloc__(CYTHON_UNUSED struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Grammar *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_7Grammar_2__iter__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Grammar *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_7Grammar_4name___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Grammar *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static int __pyx_pf_5_cdec_7Grammar_4name_2__set__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Grammar *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_name); /* proto */
-static int __pyx_pf_5_cdec_11TextGrammar___cinit__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TextGrammar *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_rules); /* proto */
+static int __pyx_pf_5_cdec_11TextGrammar___init__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_TextGrammar *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_rules); /* proto */
 static void __pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph___dealloc__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_2viterbi(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_4viterbi_trees(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_6viterbi_features(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_8viterbi_joshua(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_10kbest(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_size); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_13kbest_trees(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_size); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_16kbest_features(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_size); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_19sample(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, unsigned int __pyx_v_n); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_22sample_trees(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, unsigned int __pyx_v_n); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_25intersect(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_inp); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_27prune(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_beam_alpha, PyObject *__pyx_v_density, PyObject *__pyx_v_kwargs); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_29lattice(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_31plf(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_33reweight(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_weights); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_8viterbi_forest(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_10viterbi_joshua(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_12kbest(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_size); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_15kbest_trees(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_size); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_18kbest_features(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_size); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_21sample(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, unsigned int __pyx_v_n); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_24sample_trees(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, unsigned int __pyx_v_n); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_27intersect(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_inp); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_29prune(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_beam_alpha, PyObject *__pyx_v_density, PyObject *__pyx_v_kwargs); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_31lattice(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_33plf(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_35reweight(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_weights); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_5edges___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_5nodes___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_4goal___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_6npaths___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
-static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_35inside_outside(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_10Hypergraph_37inside_outside(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_Hypergraph *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static Py_ssize_t __pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge___len__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_9head_node___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_10tail_nodes___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_4span___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_8src_span___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_14feature_values___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_4prob___get__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_self); /* proto */
 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_14HypergraphEdge_2__richcmp__(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_x, struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec_HypergraphEdge *__pyx_v_y, int __pyx_v_op); /* proto */
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 static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_4_make_config(CYTHON_UNUSED PyObject *__pyx_self, PyObject *__pyx_v_config); /* proto */
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+static PyObject *__pyx_pf_5_cdec_7Decoder_8__init___genexpr(PyObject *__pyx_self); /* proto */
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+static char __pyx_k_22[] = "cannot create lattice from %s";
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+static char __pyx_k_26[] = "digraph lattice {";
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+  static char __pyx_k_28[] = "node [shape=circle];";
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+  static char __pyx_k_31[] = "\\\"";
+  static char __pyx_k_33[] = "%d [shape=doublecircle]";
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+static char __pyx_k_39[] = "\n";
+static char __pyx_k_41[] = "sufficient stats vector index out of range";
+static char __pyx_k_43[] = "candidate set index out of range";
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+static char __pyx_k_48[] = "cannot initialize weights with %s";
+static char __pyx_k_49[] = "#";
+static char __pyx_k_52[] = "Cannot translate input type %s";
+static char __pyx_k_53[] = "cdec.sa._sa";
+static char __pyx_k_54[] = "*";
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 static char __pyx_k__e[] = "e";
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 static char __pyx_k__yn[] = "yn";
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 static char __pyx_k__TER[] = "TER";
 static char __pyx_k___sa[] = "_sa";
 static char __pyx_k__cat[] = "cat";
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 static char __pyx_k__fst[] = "fst";
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 static char __pyx_k__rhs[] = "rhs";
 static char __pyx_k__BLEU[] = "BLEU";
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+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
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+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_phrase);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -23798,9 +24090,11 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_3_genexpr(PyTypeObject *
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_3_genexpr(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_3_genexpr *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_3_genexpr *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_outer_scope));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_w);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_0);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_outer_scope);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_w);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_0);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -24003,7 +24297,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_4___get__(PyTypeObject *
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_4___get__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_4___get__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_4___get__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -24194,7 +24490,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_5___str__(PyTypeObject *
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_5___str__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_5___str__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_5___str__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -24387,9 +24685,11 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_6_genexpr(PyTypeObject *
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_6_genexpr(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_6_genexpr *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_6_genexpr *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_outer_scope));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_feat);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_0);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_outer_scope);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_feat);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_0);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -24593,8 +24893,10 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_7___iter__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_7___iter__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_7___iter__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_7___iter__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_trule));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_trule);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -24792,8 +25094,10 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_8_kbest(PyTypeObject *t,
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_8_kbest(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_8_kbest *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_8_kbest *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_size);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_size);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -24993,10 +25297,12 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_9_kbest_trees(PyTypeObje
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_9_kbest_trees(PyObject *o) {
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-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_e_tree));
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_f_tree));
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_size);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_e_tree);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_f_tree);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_size);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -25207,9 +25513,11 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_10_kbest_features(PyType
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_10_kbest_features(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_10_kbest_features *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_10_kbest_features *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_fmap));
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_size);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_fmap);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_size);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -25412,7 +25720,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_11_sample(PyTypeObject *
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_11_sample(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_11_sample *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_11_sample *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -25603,7 +25913,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_12_sample_trees(PyTypeOb
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_12_sample_trees(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_12_sample_trees *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_12_sample_trees *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -25794,7 +26106,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_13___get__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_13___get__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_13___get__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_13___get__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -25985,7 +26299,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_14___get__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_14___get__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_14___get__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_14___get__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -26176,7 +26492,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_15___get__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_15___get__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_15___get__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_15___get__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -26367,7 +26685,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_16___get__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_16___get__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_16___get__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_16___get__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -26558,7 +26878,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_17___get__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_17___get__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_17___get__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_17___get__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -26749,7 +27071,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_18___iter__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_18___iter__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_18___iter__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_18___iter__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -26940,7 +27264,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_19_todot(PyTypeObject *t
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_19_todot(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_19_todot *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_19_todot *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -27137,13 +27463,15 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_20_lines(PyTypeObject *t
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_20_lines(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_20_lines *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_20_lines *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_outer_scope));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_delta);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_i);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_label);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_weight);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_1);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_3);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_outer_scope);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_delta);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_i);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_label);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_weight);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_1);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_3);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -27372,9 +27700,11 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_21___iter__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_21___iter__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_21___iter__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_21___iter__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_i);
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_1);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_i);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_1);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -27577,7 +27907,9 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_22___iter__(PyTypeObject
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_22___iter__(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_22___iter__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_22___iter__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(((PyObject *)p->__pyx_v_self));
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_self);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -27774,13 +28106,15 @@ static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config(PyTypeOb
 
 static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config(PyObject *o) {
   struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_config);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_info);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_key);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_name);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_value);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_0);
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_t_1);
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_config);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_info);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_key);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_name);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_value);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_0);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_t_1);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
@@ -27996,44 +28330,46 @@ static PyTypeObject __pyx_type_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_23__make_config = {
   #endif
 };
 
-static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__(PyTypeObject *t, CYTHON_UNUSED PyObject *a, CYTHON_UNUSED PyObject *k) {
-  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *p;
+static PyObject *__pyx_tp_new_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__(PyTypeObject *t, CYTHON_UNUSED PyObject *a, CYTHON_UNUSED PyObject *k) {
+  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *p;
   PyObject *o = (*t->tp_alloc)(t, 0);
   if (!o) return 0;
-  p = ((struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *)o);
+  p = ((struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *)o);
   p->__pyx_v_config = 0;
   return o;
 }
 
-static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__(PyObject *o) {
-  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *)o;
-  Py_XDECREF(p->__pyx_v_config);
+static void __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__(PyObject *o) {
+  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *)o;
+  PyObject_GC_UnTrack(o);
+  Py_CLEAR(p->__pyx_v_config);
+  PyObject_GC_Track(o);
   (*Py_TYPE(o)->tp_free)(o);
 }
 
-static int __pyx_tp_traverse_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__(PyObject *o, visitproc v, void *a) {
+static int __pyx_tp_traverse_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__(PyObject *o, visitproc v, void *a) {
   int e;
-  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *)o;
+  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *)o;
   if (p->__pyx_v_config) {
     e = (*v)(p->__pyx_v_config, a); if (e) return e;
   }
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int __pyx_tp_clear_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__(PyObject *o) {
-  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ *)o;
+static int __pyx_tp_clear_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__(PyObject *o) {
+  struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *p = (struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ *)o;
   PyObject* tmp;
   tmp = ((PyObject*)p->__pyx_v_config);
-  p->__pyx_v_config = Py_None; Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+  p->__pyx_v_config = ((PyObject*)Py_None); Py_INCREF(Py_None);
   Py_XDECREF(tmp);
   return 0;
 }
 
-static PyMethodDef __pyx_methods_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__[] = {
+static PyMethodDef __pyx_methods_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__[] = {
   {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
-static PyNumberMethods __pyx_tp_as_number___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
+static PyNumberMethods __pyx_tp_as_number___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ = {
   0, /*nb_add*/
   0, /*nb_subtract*/
   0, /*nb_multiply*/
@@ -28091,7 +28427,7 @@ static PyNumberMethods __pyx_tp_as_number___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
   #endif
 };
 
-static PySequenceMethods __pyx_tp_as_sequence___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
+static PySequenceMethods __pyx_tp_as_sequence___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ = {
   0, /*sq_length*/
   0, /*sq_concat*/
   0, /*sq_repeat*/
@@ -28104,13 +28440,13 @@ static PySequenceMethods __pyx_tp_as_sequence___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ =
   0, /*sq_inplace_repeat*/
 };
 
-static PyMappingMethods __pyx_tp_as_mapping___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
+static PyMappingMethods __pyx_tp_as_mapping___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ = {
   0, /*mp_length*/
   0, /*mp_subscript*/
   0, /*mp_ass_subscript*/
 };
 
-static PyBufferProcs __pyx_tp_as_buffer___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
+static PyBufferProcs __pyx_tp_as_buffer___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ = {
   #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
   0, /*bf_getreadbuffer*/
   #endif
@@ -28131,12 +28467,12 @@ static PyBufferProcs __pyx_tp_as_buffer___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
   #endif
 };
 
-static PyTypeObject __pyx_type_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
+static PyTypeObject __pyx_type_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__ = {
   PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(0, 0)
-  __Pyx_NAMESTR("_cdec.__pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__"), /*tp_name*/
-  sizeof(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__), /*tp_basicsize*/
+  __Pyx_NAMESTR("_cdec.__pyx_scope_struct_24___init__"), /*tp_name*/
+  sizeof(struct __pyx_obj_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__), /*tp_basicsize*/
   0, /*tp_itemsize*/
-  __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__, /*tp_dealloc*/
+  __pyx_tp_dealloc_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___init__, /*tp_dealloc*/
   0, /*tp_print*/
   0, /*tp_getattr*/
   0, /*tp_setattr*/
@@ -28146,24 +28482,24 @@ static PyTypeObject __pyx_type_5_cdec___pyx_scope_struct_24___cinit__ = {
   0, /*reserved*/
   #endif
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   __Pyx_GOTREF(__pyx_t_3);
-  if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s__CER, __pyx_t_3) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[5]; __pyx_lineno = 191; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
+  if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s__SSK, __pyx_t_3) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[5]; __pyx_lineno = 198; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_DECREF(__pyx_t_3); __pyx_t_3 = 0;
 
   /* "_cdec.pyx":22
@@ -29258,7 +29599,7 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit__cdec(void)
   __Pyx_INCREF(__pyx_builtin_Exception);
   PyTuple_SET_ITEM(__pyx_t_2, 0, __pyx_builtin_Exception);
   __Pyx_GIVEREF(__pyx_builtin_Exception);
-  __pyx_t_4 = __Pyx_CreateClass(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_2), ((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3), __pyx_n_s__InvalidConfig, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_4)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 25; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
+  __pyx_t_4 = __Pyx_CreateClass(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_2), ((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3), __pyx_n_s__InvalidConfig, __pyx_n_s__InvalidConfig, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_4)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 25; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_GOTREF(__pyx_t_4);
   __Pyx_DECREF(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_2)); __pyx_t_2 = 0;
   if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s__InvalidConfig, __pyx_t_4) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 25; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
@@ -29279,7 +29620,7 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit__cdec(void)
   __Pyx_INCREF(__pyx_builtin_Exception);
   PyTuple_SET_ITEM(__pyx_t_4, 0, __pyx_builtin_Exception);
   __Pyx_GIVEREF(__pyx_builtin_Exception);
-  __pyx_t_2 = __Pyx_CreateClass(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_4), ((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3), __pyx_n_s__ParseFailed, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_2)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 26; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
+  __pyx_t_2 = __Pyx_CreateClass(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_4), ((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3), __pyx_n_s__ParseFailed, __pyx_n_s__ParseFailed, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_2)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 26; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_GOTREF(__pyx_t_2);
   __Pyx_DECREF(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_4)); __pyx_t_4 = 0;
   if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s__ParseFailed, __pyx_t_2) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 26; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
@@ -29290,24 +29631,24 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit__cdec(void)
  * class ParseFailed(Exception): pass
  * 
  * def set_silent(yn):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *     """set_silent(bool): Configure the verbosity of cdec."""
  *     SetSilent(yn)
- * 
  */
   __pyx_t_3 = PyCFunction_NewEx(&__pyx_mdef_5_cdec_3set_silent, NULL, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_3)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 28; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_GOTREF(__pyx_t_3);
   if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s__set_silent, __pyx_t_3) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 28; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_DECREF(__pyx_t_3); __pyx_t_3 = 0;
 
-  /* "_cdec.pyx":31
+  /* "_cdec.pyx":32
  *     SetSilent(yn)
  * 
  * def _make_config(config):             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  *     for key, value in config.items():
  *         if isinstance(value, dict):
  */
-  __pyx_t_3 = PyCFunction_NewEx(&__pyx_mdef_5_cdec_5_make_config, NULL, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_3)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 31; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
+  __pyx_t_3 = PyCFunction_NewEx(&__pyx_mdef_5_cdec_5_make_config, NULL, __pyx_n_s___cdec); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_3)) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 32; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_GOTREF(__pyx_t_3);
-  if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s___make_config, __pyx_t_3) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 31; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
+  if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s___make_config, __pyx_t_3) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 32; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_DECREF(__pyx_t_3); __pyx_t_3 = 0;
 
   /* "_cdec.pyx":1
@@ -29319,6 +29660,14 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit__cdec(void)
   __Pyx_GOTREF(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3));
   if (PyObject_SetAttr(__pyx_m, __pyx_n_s____test__, ((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3)) < 0) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 1; __pyx_clineno = __LINE__; goto __pyx_L1_error;}
   __Pyx_DECREF(((PyObject *)__pyx_t_3)); __pyx_t_3 = 0;
+
+  /* "string.from_py":12
+ * 
+ * @cname("__pyx_convert_string_from_py_")
+ * cdef string __pyx_convert_string_from_py_(object o) except *:             # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+ *     return string(<char*>o, len(o))
+ * 
+ */
   goto __pyx_L0;
   __pyx_L1_error:;
   __Pyx_XDECREF(__pyx_t_1);
@@ -29407,33 +29756,38 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE void __Pyx_ErrFetch(PyObject **type, PyObject **value, PyOb
 static void __Pyx_Raise(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb,
                         CYTHON_UNUSED PyObject *cause) {
     Py_XINCREF(type);
-    Py_XINCREF(value);
-    Py_XINCREF(tb);
-    if (tb == Py_None) {
-        Py_DECREF(tb);
-        tb = 0;
-    }
-    else if (tb != NULL && !PyTraceBack_Check(tb)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-            "raise: arg 3 must be a traceback or None");
-        goto raise_error;
-    }
-    if (value == NULL) {
-        value = Py_None;
+    if (!value || value == Py_None)
+        value = NULL;
+    else
         Py_INCREF(value);
+    if (!tb || tb == Py_None)
+        tb = NULL;
+    else {
+        Py_INCREF(tb);
+        if (!PyTraceBack_Check(tb)) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                "raise: arg 3 must be a traceback or None");
+            goto raise_error;
+        }
     }
     #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
-    if (!PyClass_Check(type))
+    if (PyClass_Check(type)) {
     #else
-    if (!PyType_Check(type))
+    if (PyType_Check(type)) {
     #endif
-    {
-        if (value != Py_None) {
+#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
+        if (!value) {
+            Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+            value = Py_None;
+        }
+#endif
+        PyErr_NormalizeException(&type, &value, &tb);
+    } else {
+        if (value) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                 "instance exception may not have a separate value");
             goto raise_error;
         }
-        Py_DECREF(value);
         value = type;
         #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
             if (PyInstance_Check(type)) {
@@ -29466,6 +29820,7 @@ raise_error:
 }
 #else /* Python 3+ */
 static void __Pyx_Raise(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb, PyObject *cause) {
+    PyObject* owned_instance = NULL;
     if (tb == Py_None) {
         tb = 0;
     } else if (tb && !PyTraceBack_Check(tb)) {
@@ -29483,12 +29838,36 @@ static void __Pyx_Raise(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb, PyObject
         }
         value = type;
         type = (PyObject*) Py_TYPE(value);
-    } else if (!PyExceptionClass_Check(type)) {
+    } else if (PyExceptionClass_Check(type)) {
+        PyObject *args;
+        if (!value)
+            args = PyTuple_New(0);
+        else if (PyTuple_Check(value)) {
+            Py_INCREF(value);
+            args = value;
+        }
+        else
+            args = PyTuple_Pack(1, value);
+        if (!args)
+            goto bad;
+        owned_instance = PyEval_CallObject(type, args);
+        Py_DECREF(args);
+        if (!owned_instance)
+            goto bad;
+        value = owned_instance;
+        if (!PyExceptionInstance_Check(value)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                         "calling %R should have returned an instance of "
+                         "BaseException, not %R",
+                         type, Py_TYPE(value));
+            goto bad;
+        }
+    } else {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
             "raise: exception class must be a subclass of BaseException");
         goto bad;
     }
-    if (cause) {
+    if (cause && cause != Py_None) {
         PyObject *fixed_cause;
         if (PyExceptionClass_Check(cause)) {
             fixed_cause = PyObject_CallObject(cause, NULL);
@@ -29505,9 +29884,6 @@ static void __Pyx_Raise(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb, PyObject
                             "BaseException");
             goto bad;
         }
-        if (!value) {
-            value = PyObject_CallObject(type, NULL);
-        }
         PyException_SetCause(value, fixed_cause);
     }
     PyErr_SetObject(type, value);
@@ -29521,6 +29897,7 @@ static void __Pyx_Raise(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb, PyObject
         }
     }
 bad:
+    Py_XDECREF(owned_instance);
     return;
 }
 #endif
@@ -29545,7 +29922,7 @@ static void __Pyx_RaiseArgtupleInvalid(
         more_or_less = "exactly";
     }
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                 "%s() takes %s %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d positional argument%s (%" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d given)",
+                 "%s() takes %s %" CYTHON_FORMAT_SSIZE_T "d positional argument%s (%" CYTHON_FORMAT_SSIZE_T "d given)",
                  func_name, more_or_less, num_expected,
                  (num_expected == 1) ? "" : "s", num_found);
 }
@@ -29565,10 +29942,9 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_CheckKeywordStrings(
     while (PyDict_Next(kwdict, &pos, &key, 0)) {
         #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
         if (unlikely(!PyString_CheckExact(key)) && unlikely(!PyString_Check(key)))
-        #else
-        if (unlikely(!PyUnicode_Check(key)))
         #endif
-            goto invalid_keyword_type;
+            if (unlikely(!PyUnicode_Check(key)))
+                goto invalid_keyword_type;
     }
     if ((!kw_allowed) && unlikely(key))
         goto invalid_keyword;
@@ -29635,7 +30011,7 @@ static void __Pyx_RaiseDoubleKeywordsError(
         "%s() got multiple values for keyword argument '%U'", func_name, kw_name);
         #else
         "%s() got multiple values for keyword argument '%s'", func_name,
-        PyString_AS_STRING(kw_name));
+        PyString_AsString(kw_name));
         #endif
 }
 
@@ -29656,48 +30032,72 @@ static int __Pyx_ParseOptionalKeywords(
         while (*name && (**name != key)) name++;
         if (*name) {
             values[name-argnames] = value;
-        } else {
-            #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
-            if (unlikely(!PyString_CheckExact(key)) && unlikely(!PyString_Check(key))) {
-            #else
-            if (unlikely(!PyUnicode_Check(key))) {
-            #endif
-                goto invalid_keyword_type;
-            } else {
-                for (name = first_kw_arg; *name; name++) {
-                    #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-                    if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(**name) == PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(key) &&
-                        PyUnicode_Compare(**name, key) == 0) break;
-                    #else
-                    if (PyString_GET_SIZE(**name) == PyString_GET_SIZE(key) &&
-                        _PyString_Eq(**name, key)) break;
-                    #endif
-                }
-                if (*name) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        name = first_kw_arg;
+        #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+        if (likely(PyString_CheckExact(key)) || likely(PyString_Check(key))) {
+            while (*name) {
+                if ((CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY || PyString_GET_SIZE(**name) == PyString_GET_SIZE(key))
+                        && _PyString_Eq(**name, key)) {
                     values[name-argnames] = value;
-                } else {
-                    for (name=argnames; name != first_kw_arg; name++) {
-                        if (**name == key) goto arg_passed_twice;
-                        #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-                        if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(**name) == PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(key) &&
-                            PyUnicode_Compare(**name, key) == 0) goto arg_passed_twice;
-                        #else
-                        if (PyString_GET_SIZE(**name) == PyString_GET_SIZE(key) &&
-                            _PyString_Eq(**name, key)) goto arg_passed_twice;
-                        #endif
-                    }
-                    if (kwds2) {
-                        if (unlikely(PyDict_SetItem(kwds2, key, value))) goto bad;
-                    } else {
-                        goto invalid_keyword;
+                    break;
+                }
+                name++;
+            }
+            if (*name) continue;
+            else {
+                PyObject*** argname = argnames;
+                while (argname != first_kw_arg) {
+                    if ((**argname == key) || (
+                            (CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY || PyString_GET_SIZE(**argname) == PyString_GET_SIZE(key))
+                             && _PyString_Eq(**argname, key))) {
+                        goto arg_passed_twice;
                     }
+                    argname++;
+                }
+            }
+        } else
+        #endif
+        if (likely(PyUnicode_Check(key))) {
+            while (*name) {
+                int cmp = (**name == key) ? 0 :
+                #if !CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY && PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+                    (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(**name) != PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(key)) ? 1 :
+                #endif
+                    PyUnicode_Compare(**name, key);
+                if (cmp < 0 && unlikely(PyErr_Occurred())) goto bad;
+                if (cmp == 0) {
+                    values[name-argnames] = value;
+                    break;
                 }
+                name++;
             }
+            if (*name) continue;
+            else {
+                PyObject*** argname = argnames;
+                while (argname != first_kw_arg) {
+                    int cmp = (**argname == key) ? 0 :
+                    #if !CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY && PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+                        (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(**argname) != PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(key)) ? 1 :
+                    #endif
+                        PyUnicode_Compare(**argname, key);
+                    if (cmp < 0 && unlikely(PyErr_Occurred())) goto bad;
+                    if (cmp == 0) goto arg_passed_twice;
+                    argname++;
+                }
+            }
+        } else
+            goto invalid_keyword_type;
+        if (kwds2) {
+            if (unlikely(PyDict_SetItem(kwds2, key, value))) goto bad;
+        } else {
+            goto invalid_keyword;
         }
     }
     return 0;
 arg_passed_twice:
-    __Pyx_RaiseDoubleKeywordsError(function_name, **name);
+    __Pyx_RaiseDoubleKeywordsError(function_name, key);
     goto bad;
 invalid_keyword_type:
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
@@ -29718,12 +30118,12 @@ bad:
 
 static CYTHON_INLINE void __Pyx_RaiseTooManyValuesError(Py_ssize_t expected) {
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
-                 "too many values to unpack (expected %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d)", expected);
+                 "too many values to unpack (expected %" CYTHON_FORMAT_SSIZE_T "d)", expected);
 }
 
 static CYTHON_INLINE void __Pyx_RaiseNeedMoreValuesError(Py_ssize_t index) {
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
-                 "need more than %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d value%s to unpack",
+                 "need more than %" CYTHON_FORMAT_SSIZE_T "d value%s to unpack",
                  index, (index == 1) ? "" : "s");
 }
 
@@ -29928,16 +30328,18 @@ static void __Pyx_ExceptionReset(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb)
 #endif
 }
 
-static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, long level) {
-    PyObject *py_import = 0;
+static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, int level) {
     PyObject *empty_list = 0;
     PyObject *module = 0;
     PyObject *global_dict = 0;
     PyObject *empty_dict = 0;
     PyObject *list;
+    #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03030000
+    PyObject *py_import = 0;
     py_import = __Pyx_GetAttrString(__pyx_b, "__import__");
     if (!py_import)
         goto bad;
+    #endif
     if (from_list)
         list = from_list;
     else {
@@ -29957,13 +30359,17 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, long level) {
         #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
         if (level == -1) {
             if (strchr(__Pyx_MODULE_NAME, '.')) {
-                /* try package relative import first */
+                #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03030000
                 PyObject *py_level = PyInt_FromLong(1);
                 if (!py_level)
                     goto bad;
                 module = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(py_import,
                     name, global_dict, empty_dict, list, py_level, NULL);
                 Py_DECREF(py_level);
+                #else
+                module = PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject(
+                    name, global_dict, empty_dict, list, 1);
+                #endif
                 if (!module) {
                     if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_ImportError))
                         goto bad;
@@ -29974,12 +30380,17 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, long level) {
         }
         #endif
         if (!module) {
+            #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03030000
             PyObject *py_level = PyInt_FromLong(level);
             if (!py_level)
                 goto bad;
             module = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(py_import,
                 name, global_dict, empty_dict, list, py_level, NULL);
             Py_DECREF(py_level);
+            #else
+            module = PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject(
+                name, global_dict, empty_dict, list, level);
+            #endif
         }
     }
     #else
@@ -29991,8 +30402,10 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_Import(PyObject *name, PyObject *from_list, long level) {
         name, global_dict, empty_dict, list, NULL);
     #endif
 bad:
-    Py_XDECREF(empty_list);
+    #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03030000
     Py_XDECREF(py_import);
+    #endif
+    Py_XDECREF(empty_list);
     Py_XDECREF(empty_dict);
     return module;
 }
@@ -30023,11 +30436,13 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_FindPy2Metaclass(PyObject *bases) {
 }
 
 static PyObject *__Pyx_CreateClass(PyObject *bases, PyObject *dict, PyObject *name,
-                                   PyObject *modname) {
+                                   PyObject *qualname, PyObject *modname) {
     PyObject *result;
     PyObject *metaclass;
     if (PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "__module__", modname) < 0)
         return NULL;
+    if (PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "__qualname__", qualname) < 0)
+        return NULL;
     metaclass = PyDict_GetItemString(dict, "__metaclass__");
     if (metaclass) {
         Py_INCREF(metaclass);
@@ -30068,6 +30483,10 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE WordID __Pyx_PyInt_from_py_WordID(PyObject* x) {
         else
             return (WordID)__Pyx_PyInt_AsSignedLongLong(x);
     }  else {
+        #if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY && !defined(_PyLong_AsByteArray)
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                        "_PyLong_AsByteArray() not available in PyPy, cannot convert large numbers");
+        #else
         WordID val;
         PyObject *v = __Pyx_PyNumber_Int(x);
         #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
@@ -30087,13 +30506,13 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE WordID __Pyx_PyInt_from_py_WordID(PyObject* x) {
             if (likely(!ret))
                 return val;
         }
+        #endif
         return (WordID)-1;
     }
 }
 
-static PyObject* __Pyx_Globals() {
+static PyObject* __Pyx_Globals(void) {
     Py_ssize_t i;
-    /*PyObject *d;*/
     PyObject *names = NULL;
     PyObject *globals = PyObject_GetAttrString(__pyx_m, "__dict__");
     if (!globals) {
@@ -30104,25 +30523,36 @@ static PyObject* __Pyx_Globals() {
     names = PyObject_Dir(__pyx_m);
     if (!names)
         goto bad;
-    for (i = 0; i < PyList_GET_SIZE(names); i++) {
+    for (i = PyList_GET_SIZE(names)-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
+        PyObject* name = PySequence_GetItem(names, i);
+        if (!name)
+            goto bad;
+#else
         PyObject* name = PyList_GET_ITEM(names, i);
+#endif
         if (!PyDict_Contains(globals, name)) {
-            PyObject* value = PyObject_GetAttr(__pyx_m, PyList_GET_ITEM(names, i));
-            if (!value)
+            PyObject* value = PyObject_GetAttr(__pyx_m, name);
+            if (!value) {
+#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
+                Py_DECREF(name);
+#endif
                 goto bad;
+            }
             if (PyDict_SetItem(globals, name, value) < 0) {
+#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
+                Py_DECREF(name);
+#endif
                 Py_DECREF(value);
                 goto bad;
             }
         }
+#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
+        Py_DECREF(name);
+#endif
     }
     Py_DECREF(names);
     return globals;
-    /*
-    d = PyDictProxy_New(globals);
-    Py_DECREF(globals);
-    return d;
-    */
 bad:
     Py_XDECREF(names);
     Py_XDECREF(globals);
@@ -30132,16 +30562,19 @@ bad:
 static PyObject *
 __Pyx_CyFunction_get_doc(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op, CYTHON_UNUSED void *closure)
 {
-    if (op->func_doc == NULL && op->func.m_ml->ml_doc) {
+    if (unlikely(op->func_doc == NULL)) {
+        if (op->func.m_ml->ml_doc) {
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-        op->func_doc = PyUnicode_FromString(op->func.m_ml->ml_doc);
+            op->func_doc = PyUnicode_FromString(op->func.m_ml->ml_doc);
 #else
-        op->func_doc = PyString_FromString(op->func.m_ml->ml_doc);
+            op->func_doc = PyString_FromString(op->func.m_ml->ml_doc);
 #endif
-    }
-    if (op->func_doc == 0) {
-        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-        return Py_None;
+            if (unlikely(op->func_doc == NULL))
+                return NULL;
+        } else {
+            Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+            return Py_None;
+        }
     }
     Py_INCREF(op->func_doc);
     return op->func_doc;
@@ -30151,22 +30584,23 @@ __Pyx_CyFunction_set_doc(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op, PyObject *value)
 {
     PyObject *tmp = op->func_doc;
     if (value == NULL)
-        op->func_doc = Py_None; /* Mark as deleted */
-    else
-        op->func_doc = value;
-    Py_INCREF(op->func_doc);
+        value = Py_None; /* Mark as deleted */
+    Py_INCREF(value);
+    op->func_doc = value;
     Py_XDECREF(tmp);
     return 0;
 }
 static PyObject *
 __Pyx_CyFunction_get_name(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op)
 {
-    if (op->func_name == NULL) {
+    if (unlikely(op->func_name == NULL)) {
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
         op->func_name = PyUnicode_InternFromString(op->func.m_ml->ml_name);
 #else
         op->func_name = PyString_InternFromString(op->func.m_ml->ml_name);
 #endif
+        if (unlikely(op->func_name == NULL))
+            return NULL;
     }
     Py_INCREF(op->func_name);
     return op->func_name;
@@ -30176,9 +30610,9 @@ __Pyx_CyFunction_set_name(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op, PyObject *value)
 {
     PyObject *tmp;
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-    if (value == NULL || !PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
+    if (unlikely(value == NULL || !PyUnicode_Check(value))) {
 #else
-    if (value == NULL || !PyString_Check(value)) {
+    if (unlikely(value == NULL || !PyString_Check(value))) {
 #endif
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                         "__name__ must be set to a string object");
@@ -30191,6 +30625,31 @@ __Pyx_CyFunction_set_name(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op, PyObject *value)
     return 0;
 }
 static PyObject *
+__Pyx_CyFunction_get_qualname(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(op->func_qualname);
+    return op->func_qualname;
+}
+static int
+__Pyx_CyFunction_set_qualname(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op, PyObject *value)
+{
+    PyObject *tmp;
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+    if (unlikely(value == NULL || !PyUnicode_Check(value))) {
+#else
+    if (unlikely(value == NULL || !PyString_Check(value))) {
+#endif
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "__qualname__ must be set to a string object");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    tmp = op->func_qualname;
+    Py_INCREF(value);
+    op->func_qualname = value;
+    Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+    return 0;
+}
+static PyObject *
 __Pyx_CyFunction_get_self(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *m, CYTHON_UNUSED void *closure)
 {
     PyObject *self;
@@ -30203,9 +30662,9 @@ __Pyx_CyFunction_get_self(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *m, CYTHON_UNUSED void *closure
 static PyObject *
 __Pyx_CyFunction_get_dict(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op)
 {
-    if (op->func_dict == NULL) {
+    if (unlikely(op->func_dict == NULL)) {
         op->func_dict = PyDict_New();
-        if (op->func_dict == NULL)
+        if (unlikely(op->func_dict == NULL))
             return NULL;
     }
     Py_INCREF(op->func_dict);
@@ -30215,12 +30674,12 @@ static int
 __Pyx_CyFunction_set_dict(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op, PyObject *value)
 {
     PyObject *tmp;
-    if (value == NULL) {
+    if (unlikely(value == NULL)) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                "function's dictionary may not be deleted");
         return -1;
     }
-    if (!PyDict_Check(value)) {
+    if (unlikely(!PyDict_Check(value))) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                "setting function's dictionary to a non-dict");
         return -1;
@@ -30260,7 +30719,7 @@ __Pyx_CyFunction_get_defaults(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op)
     }
     if (op->defaults_getter) {
         PyObject *res = op->defaults_getter((PyObject *) op);
-        if (res) {
+        if (likely(res)) {
             Py_INCREF(res);
             op->defaults_tuple = res;
         }
@@ -30274,6 +30733,7 @@ static PyGetSetDef __pyx_CyFunction_getsets[] = {
     {(char *) "__doc__",  (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_doc, (setter)__Pyx_CyFunction_set_doc, 0, 0},
     {(char *) "func_name", (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_name, (setter)__Pyx_CyFunction_set_name, 0, 0},
     {(char *) "__name__", (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_name, (setter)__Pyx_CyFunction_set_name, 0, 0},
+    {(char *) "__qualname__", (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_qualname, (setter)__Pyx_CyFunction_set_qualname, 0, 0},
     {(char *) "__self__", (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_self, 0, 0, 0},
     {(char *) "func_dict", (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_dict, (setter)__Pyx_CyFunction_set_dict, 0, 0},
     {(char *) "__dict__", (getter)__Pyx_CyFunction_get_dict, (setter)__Pyx_CyFunction_set_dict, 0, 0},
@@ -30307,7 +30767,7 @@ static PyMethodDef __pyx_CyFunction_methods[] = {
     {__Pyx_NAMESTR("__reduce__"), (PyCFunction)__Pyx_CyFunction_reduce, METH_VARARGS, 0},
     {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
-static PyObject *__Pyx_CyFunction_New(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *ml, int flags,
+static PyObject *__Pyx_CyFunction_New(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *ml, int flags, PyObject* qualname,
                                       PyObject *closure, PyObject *module, PyObject* code) {
     __pyx_CyFunctionObject *op = PyObject_GC_New(__pyx_CyFunctionObject, type);
     if (op == NULL)
@@ -30322,6 +30782,8 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_CyFunction_New(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *ml, int f
     op->func.m_module = module;
     op->func_dict = NULL;
     op->func_name = NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(qualname);
+    op->func_qualname = qualname;
     op->func_doc = NULL;
     op->func_classobj = NULL;
     Py_XINCREF(code);
@@ -30340,6 +30802,7 @@ __Pyx_CyFunction_clear(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *m)
     Py_CLEAR(m->func.m_module);
     Py_CLEAR(m->func_dict);
     Py_CLEAR(m->func_name);
+    Py_CLEAR(m->func_qualname);
     Py_CLEAR(m->func_doc);
     Py_CLEAR(m->func_code);
     Py_CLEAR(m->func_classobj);
@@ -30368,6 +30831,7 @@ static int __Pyx_CyFunction_traverse(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *m, visitproc visit,
     Py_VISIT(m->func.m_module);
     Py_VISIT(m->func_dict);
     Py_VISIT(m->func_name);
+    Py_VISIT(m->func_qualname);
     Py_VISIT(m->func_doc);
     Py_VISIT(m->func_code);
     Py_VISIT(m->func_classobj);
@@ -30400,13 +30864,12 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_CyFunction_descr_get(PyObject *func, PyObject *obj, PyObj
 static PyObject*
 __Pyx_CyFunction_repr(__pyx_CyFunctionObject *op)
 {
-    PyObject *func_name = __Pyx_CyFunction_get_name(op);
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
     return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cyfunction %U at %p>",
-                                func_name, (void *)op);
+                                op->func_qualname, (void *)op);
 #else
     return PyString_FromFormat("<cyfunction %s at %p>",
-                               PyString_AsString(func_name), (void *)op);
+                               PyString_AsString(op->func_qualname), (void *)op);
 #endif
 }
 #if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
@@ -30538,86 +31001,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE void __Pyx_CyFunction_SetDefaultsTuple(PyObject *func, PyOb
     Py_INCREF(tuple);
 }
 
-static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_PyBytes_Equals(PyObject* s1, PyObject* s2, int equals) {
-#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
-    return PyObject_RichCompareBool(s1, s2, equals);
-#else
-    if (s1 == s2) {
-        return (equals == Py_EQ);
-    } else if (PyBytes_CheckExact(s1) & PyBytes_CheckExact(s2)) {
-        if (PyBytes_GET_SIZE(s1) != PyBytes_GET_SIZE(s2)) {
-            return (equals == Py_NE);
-        } else if (PyBytes_GET_SIZE(s1) == 1) {
-            if (equals == Py_EQ)
-                return (PyBytes_AS_STRING(s1)[0] == PyBytes_AS_STRING(s2)[0]);
-            else
-                return (PyBytes_AS_STRING(s1)[0] != PyBytes_AS_STRING(s2)[0]);
-        } else {
-            int result = memcmp(PyBytes_AS_STRING(s1), PyBytes_AS_STRING(s2), (size_t)PyBytes_GET_SIZE(s1));
-            return (equals == Py_EQ) ? (result == 0) : (result != 0);
-        }
-    } else if ((s1 == Py_None) & PyBytes_CheckExact(s2)) {
-        return (equals == Py_NE);
-    } else if ((s2 == Py_None) & PyBytes_CheckExact(s1)) {
-        return (equals == Py_NE);
-    } else {
-        int result;
-        PyObject* py_result = PyObject_RichCompare(s1, s2, equals);
-        if (!py_result)
-            return -1;
-        result = __Pyx_PyObject_IsTrue(py_result);
-        Py_DECREF(py_result);
-        return result;
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
-static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_PyUnicode_Equals(PyObject* s1, PyObject* s2, int equals) {
-#if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_PYPY
-    return PyObject_RichCompareBool(s1, s2, equals);
-#else
-    if (s1 == s2) {
-        return (equals == Py_EQ);
-    } else if (PyUnicode_CheckExact(s1) & PyUnicode_CheckExact(s2)) {
-        #if CYTHON_PEP393_ENABLED
-        if ((PyUnicode_READY(s1) < 0) || (PyUnicode_READY(s2) < 0))
-            return -1;
-        if (PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(s1) != PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(s2)) {
-            return (equals == Py_NE);
-        } else if (PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(s1) == 1) {
-            Py_UCS4 ch1 = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(s1, 0);
-            Py_UCS4 ch2 = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(s2, 0);
-            return (equals == Py_EQ) ? (ch1 == ch2) : (ch1 != ch2);
-        #else
-        if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(s1) != PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(s2)) {
-            return (equals == Py_NE);
-        } else if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(s1) == 1) {
-            Py_UNICODE ch1 = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(s1)[0];
-            Py_UNICODE ch2 = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(s2)[0];
-            return (equals == Py_EQ) ? (ch1 == ch2) : (ch1 != ch2);
-        #endif
-        } else {
-            int result = PyUnicode_Compare(s1, s2);
-            if ((result == -1) && unlikely(PyErr_Occurred()))
-                return -1;
-            return (equals == Py_EQ) ? (result == 0) : (result != 0);
-        }
-    } else if ((s1 == Py_None) & PyUnicode_CheckExact(s2)) {
-        return (equals == Py_NE);
-    } else if ((s2 == Py_None) & PyUnicode_CheckExact(s1)) {
-        return (equals == Py_NE);
-    } else {
-        int result;
-        PyObject* py_result = PyObject_RichCompare(s1, s2, equals);
-        if (!py_result)
-            return -1;
-        result = __Pyx_PyObject_IsTrue(py_result);
-        Py_DECREF(py_result);
-        return result;
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE unsigned char __Pyx_PyInt_AsUnsignedChar(PyObject* x) {
     const unsigned char neg_one = (unsigned char)-1, const_zero = 0;
     const int is_unsigned = neg_one > const_zero;
@@ -31018,25 +31401,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE signed PY_LONG_LONG __Pyx_PyInt_AsSignedLongLong(PyObject*
     }
 }
 
-static void __Pyx_WriteUnraisable(const char *name, CYTHON_UNUSED int clineno,
-                                  CYTHON_UNUSED int lineno, CYTHON_UNUSED const char *filename) {
-    PyObject *old_exc, *old_val, *old_tb;
-    PyObject *ctx;
-    __Pyx_ErrFetch(&old_exc, &old_val, &old_tb);
-    #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
-    ctx = PyString_FromString(name);
-    #else
-    ctx = PyUnicode_FromString(name);
-    #endif
-    __Pyx_ErrRestore(old_exc, old_val, old_tb);
-    if (!ctx) {
-        PyErr_WriteUnraisable(Py_None);
-    } else {
-        PyErr_WriteUnraisable(ctx);
-        Py_DECREF(ctx);
-    }
-}
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE void __Pyx_ExceptionSwap(PyObject **type, PyObject **value, PyObject **tb) {
     PyObject *tmp_type, *tmp_value, *tmp_tb;
 #if CYTHON_COMPILING_IN_CPYTHON
@@ -31459,7 +31823,7 @@ static PyMemberDef __pyx_Generator_memberlist[] = {
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02060000
      T_BOOL,
 #else
-     T_INT,
+     T_BYTE,
 #endif
      offsetof(__pyx_GeneratorObject, is_running),
      READONLY,
@@ -31557,6 +31921,25 @@ static int __pyx_Generator_init(void) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void __Pyx_WriteUnraisable(const char *name, CYTHON_UNUSED int clineno,
+                                  CYTHON_UNUSED int lineno, CYTHON_UNUSED const char *filename) {
+    PyObject *old_exc, *old_val, *old_tb;
+    PyObject *ctx;
+    __Pyx_ErrFetch(&old_exc, &old_val, &old_tb);
+    #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+    ctx = PyString_FromString(name);
+    #else
+    ctx = PyUnicode_FromString(name);
+    #endif
+    __Pyx_ErrRestore(old_exc, old_val, old_tb);
+    if (!ctx) {
+        PyErr_WriteUnraisable(Py_None);
+    } else {
+        PyErr_WriteUnraisable(ctx);
+        Py_DECREF(ctx);
+    }
+}
+
 static int __Pyx_check_binary_version(void) {
     char ctversion[4], rtversion[4];
     PyOS_snprintf(ctversion, 4, "%d.%d", PY_MAJOR_VERSION, PY_MINOR_VERSION);
@@ -31593,6 +31976,23 @@ bad:
     return -1;
 }
 
+#ifndef __PYX_HAVE_RT_ImportModule
+#define __PYX_HAVE_RT_ImportModule
+static PyObject *__Pyx_ImportModule(const char *name) {
+    PyObject *py_name = 0;
+    PyObject *py_module = 0;
+    py_name = __Pyx_PyIdentifier_FromString(name);
+    if (!py_name)
+        goto bad;
+    py_module = PyImport_Import(py_name);
+    Py_DECREF(py_name);
+    return py_module;
+bad:
+    Py_XDECREF(py_name);
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __PYX_HAVE_RT_ImportType
 #define __PYX_HAVE_RT_ImportType
 static PyTypeObject *__Pyx_ImportType(const char *module_name, const char *class_name,
@@ -31602,6 +32002,10 @@ static PyTypeObject *__Pyx_ImportType(const char *module_name, const char *class
     PyObject *result = 0;
     PyObject *py_name = 0;
     char warning[200];
+    Py_ssize_t basicsize;
+#ifdef Py_LIMITED_API
+    PyObject *py_basicsize;
+#endif
     py_module = __Pyx_ImportModule(module_name);
     if (!py_module)
         goto bad;
@@ -31621,7 +32025,19 @@ static PyTypeObject *__Pyx_ImportType(const char *module_name, const char *class
             module_name, class_name);
         goto bad;
     }
-    if (!strict && (size_t)((PyTypeObject *)result)->tp_basicsize > size) {
+#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
+    basicsize = ((PyTypeObject *)result)->tp_basicsize;
+#else
+    py_basicsize = PyObject_GetAttrString(result, "__basicsize__");
+    if (!py_basicsize)
+        goto bad;
+    basicsize = PyLong_AsSsize_t(py_basicsize);
+    Py_DECREF(py_basicsize);
+    py_basicsize = 0;
+    if (basicsize == (Py_ssize_t)-1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+        goto bad;
+#endif
+    if (!strict && (size_t)basicsize > size) {
         PyOS_snprintf(warning, sizeof(warning),
             "%s.%s size changed, may indicate binary incompatibility",
             module_name, class_name);
@@ -31631,7 +32047,7 @@ static PyTypeObject *__Pyx_ImportType(const char *module_name, const char *class
         if (PyErr_WarnEx(NULL, warning, 0) < 0) goto bad;
         #endif
     }
-    else if ((size_t)((PyTypeObject *)result)->tp_basicsize != size) {
+    else if ((size_t)basicsize != size) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
             "%s.%s has the wrong size, try recompiling",
             module_name, class_name);
@@ -31645,23 +32061,6 @@ bad:
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __PYX_HAVE_RT_ImportModule
-#define __PYX_HAVE_RT_ImportModule
-static PyObject *__Pyx_ImportModule(const char *name) {
-    PyObject *py_name = 0;
-    PyObject *py_module = 0;
-    py_name = __Pyx_PyIdentifier_FromString(name);
-    if (!py_name)
-        goto bad;
-    py_module = PyImport_Import(py_name);
-    Py_DECREF(py_name);
-    return py_module;
-bad:
-    Py_XDECREF(py_name);
-    return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 static void* __Pyx_GetVtable(PyObject *dict) {
     void* ptr;
     PyObject *ob = PyMapping_GetItemString(dict, (char *)"__pyx_vtable__");
@@ -31700,7 +32099,7 @@ static int __Pyx_ImportFunction(PyObject *module, const char *funcname, void (**
                 PyModule_GetName(module), funcname);
         goto bad;
     }
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000 && !(PY_MAJOR_VERSION==3&&PY_MINOR_VERSION==0)
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000 && !(PY_MAJOR_VERSION==3 && PY_MINOR_VERSION==0)
     if (!PyCapsule_IsValid(cobj, sig)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
             "C function %s.%s has wrong signature (expected %s, got %s)",
@@ -31926,15 +32325,11 @@ static int __Pyx_InitStrings(__Pyx_StringTabEntry *t) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-
-/* Type Conversion Functions */
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject* x) {
    int is_true = x == Py_True;
    if (is_true | (x == Py_False) | (x == Py_None)) return is_true;
    else return PyObject_IsTrue(x);
 }
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyNumber_Int(PyObject* x) {
   PyNumberMethods *m;
   const char *name = NULL;
@@ -31980,7 +32375,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyNumber_Int(PyObject* x) {
   }
   return res;
 }
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE Py_ssize_t __Pyx_PyIndex_AsSsize_t(PyObject* b) {
   Py_ssize_t ival;
   PyObject* x = PyNumber_Index(b);
@@ -31989,7 +32383,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE Py_ssize_t __Pyx_PyIndex_AsSsize_t(PyObject* b) {
   Py_DECREF(x);
   return ival;
 }
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject * __Pyx_PyInt_FromSize_t(size_t ival) {
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000
    if (ival <= LONG_MAX)
@@ -32003,7 +32396,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject * __Pyx_PyInt_FromSize_t(size_t ival) {
    return PyInt_FromSize_t(ival);
 #endif
 }
-
 static CYTHON_INLINE size_t __Pyx_PyInt_AsSize_t(PyObject* x) {
    unsigned PY_LONG_LONG val = __Pyx_PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLong(x);
    if (unlikely(val == (unsigned PY_LONG_LONG)-1 && PyErr_Occurred())) {