Re: Problems on Installing New Fipy

What happens when you do "python -c 'from numpy.oldnumeric import Int8'"?

What happens when you do "python -c 'from numpy import Int8'"?

What happens when you do "python -c 'import numpy; print numpy.__version__'"?

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Zhiwen Liang <lzwpurdue@...> wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> When I "import pylab", I got:
>>>> import pylab
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in ?
>     from matplotlib.pylab import *
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 196, in ?
>     import cm
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/cm.py", line 5, in ?
>     import colors
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 33, in ?
>     from numerix import array, arange, take, put, Float, Int, where, \
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/numerix/__init__.py",
> line 68, in ?
>     from _sp_imports import nx, infinity
>   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/numerix/_sp_imports.py",
> line 1, in ?
>     from numpy import Int8, UInt8, \
> ImportError: cannot import name Int8
> So I could not do "pylab.__file__". I confirmed there is only this pylab.py
> in my computer because if I uninstall matplotlib, there will be no module
> called pylab.
> I agreed that python 2.3 is too old. Matplotlib now only releases new
> versions for python 2.4 and higher.
> Thanks,
> Zhiwen
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Jonathan Guyer <guyer@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Zhiwen Liang wrote:
>>
>>> So that's what Line 102-103 in viewers/__init__.py do.
>>
>> Yes, I know. I wrote it. Can I suggest that both of our time would be
>> better spent if you sent me the specific output that I asked for rather than
>> trying figure out and then explain to me how my own code works?
>>
>>
>>> But I am not sure why "remove" will use "__nonzero__".
>>
>> Nor am I. Python 2.4 and 2.5 don't do this. I suspect that it was a bug,
>> or at least a bad design, in Python 2.3. As Daniel has said, Python 2.3 is
>> quite old (3 1/2 years, now) and you would likely benefit in many ways from
>> not using something so obsolete.
>>
>>> I tried "vars.remove(var)" in an older version of fipy and it works fine.
>>
>> Variable.__nonzero__() was only introduced about a month ago.
>>
>>> I am still checking my other installation problems to see if I made some
>>> stupid mistakes.
>>
>> Again. Please, Please, *PLEASE* send me the output that I asked for. What
>> does
>>
>>  >>> import pylab
>>  >>> pylab.__file__
>>
>> output?
>>
>> Seriously. I want to know.
>>
>>
>
>

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