From 9820416333058515e97d79147c8423755233413a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edoardo Pasca <14138589+paskino@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 21:33:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sapyb to return even if out is not None

With CIL https://github.com/TomographicImaging/CIL/pull/1742 `sapyb` returns even if the output is pre-allocated
---
 src/common/SIRF.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/common/SIRF.py b/src/common/SIRF.py
index ef92a3718..25503ee0a 100644
--- a/src/common/SIRF.py
+++ b/src/common/SIRF.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def sapyb(self, a, y, b, out=None, **kwargs):
 
         if out is None:
             check_status(z.handle)
-            return z
+        return z
 
     def power(self, other, out=None):
         '''Power function for DataContainers

From 784cc8c0dc4df2c57aae6b7a4d23b7b5da73d6b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edoardo Pasca <14138589+paskino@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 07:20:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added to changelog [skip ci]

---
 CHANGES.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e543f7e4a..07d1ff224 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## vx.x.x
 
 * CMake/building:
+  - Python `sapyb` returns the output even if it is pre-allocated 
   - add `DISABLE_Gadgetron_TOOLBOXES` option (defaults to `OFF`) to be
     able to cope with compilation problems with older Gadgetron versions.