On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 02:09:32PM -0600, John Hunter wrote: > > A simple import of numpy with the latest svn triggers a ctypes warning > > In [1]: import numpy > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/ctypeslib.py:12: UserWarning: > All features of ctypes interface may not work with ctypes < 1.0.1 > warnings.warn("All features of ctypes interface may not work with " > > > This is a bit of an annoyance. Even if the warning level is > configurable, I think the bulk of matplotlib users, who get the > warning when using numpy through mpl but make no use of ctypes, will > be confused by this. Is it right and good that this message gets > triggered by default for any import of numpy, even those not using the > ctypes features?
I moved the warning to inside ctypeslib.load_library. I think most people using ctypes in numpy come via that route. Soon, we can remove the warning, but for now I think it should remain -- the bugs resulting from using older versions of ctypes are fairly hard to track down. Regards Stéfan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion