Updates to match libdynd

Author: izaid

dynd/cpp/types/base_fixed_dim_type.pxd

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ from ..type cimport type
 
 from ...config cimport translate_exception
 
-cdef extern from "dynd/types/base_fixed_dim_type.hpp" namespace "dynd":
-    type dynd_make_fixed_dim_kind_type "dynd::ndt::base_fixed_dim_type::make" (type&) except +translate_exception
-    type dynd_make_fixed_dim_kind_type "dynd::ndt::base_fixed_dim_type::make" (type&, intptr_t) except +translate_exception
+cdef extern from 'dynd/types/base_fixed_dim_type.hpp' namespace 'dynd::ndt':
+    cppclass base_fixed_dim_type:
+        pass

dynd/ndt/type.pyx

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ from ..cpp.types.type_id cimport (type_id_t, uninitialized_id,
                                   type_id)
 from ..cpp.types.datashape_formatter cimport format_datashape as dynd_format_datashape
 # from ..cpp.types.categorical_type cimport dynd_make_categorical_type
-from ..cpp.types.base_fixed_dim_type cimport dynd_make_fixed_dim_kind_type
 from ..cpp.types.tuple_type cimport tuple_type
 from ..cpp.types.struct_type cimport struct_type
+from ..cpp.types.base_fixed_dim_type cimport base_fixed_dim_type
 from ..cpp.types.var_dim_type cimport var_dim_type as _var_dim_type
 from ..cpp.types.callable_type cimport callable_type as _callable_type
 from ..cpp.types.string_type cimport string_type
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def make_struct(field_types, field_names):
     result.v = dynd_make_struct_type(field_types, field_names)
     return result
 
-def make_fixed_dim_kind(element_tp, ndim=None):
+def make_fixed_dim_kind(element_tp):
     """
     ndt.make_fixed_dim_kind(element_tp, ndim=1)
     Constructs an array dynd type with one or more symbolic fixed
@@ -574,10 +574,7 @@ def make_fixed_dim_kind(element_tp, ndim=None):
     ndt.type("Fixed * Fixed * Fixed * int32")
     """
     cdef type result = type()
-    if (ndim is None):
-        result.v = dynd_make_fixed_dim_kind_type(type(element_tp).v)
-    else:
-        result.v = dynd_make_fixed_dim_kind_type(type(element_tp).v, int(ndim))
+    result.v = make_type[base_fixed_dim_type](type(element_tp).v)
     return result