On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:00, Gökhan Sever <gokhanse...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > One interesting thing I have noticed while installing the numpy from the > > source is that numpy dependent libraries must be re-installed and this > must > > be a clean re-install. For instance I can't import some matplotlib and > scipy > > modules without making a fresh installation for these packages. My > attempts > > result with a runtime error. > > Please, please, always copy-and-paste the traceback when reporting an > error. I know you aren't formally reporting a bug here, but it always > helps. > > > Could someone clarify this point? Is this due > > to API change in the numpy core? > > Cython/Pyrex code does a runtime check on the struct sizes of types. > We have carefully added a member to the PyArrayDescr struct; i.e. it > shouldn't cause any actual problems, but Cython does the check > anyways. This affects a few modules in scipy, but shouldn't have > affected anything in matplotlib. The traceback may help us identify > the issue you are seeing. > > It is too late for the tracebacks. I have already removed the problematic packages and did clean installs. However, next time I will be more careful while reporting such issues. If it helps, in both matplotlib (via ipython -pylab) and scipy.stats import cases the runtime errors was raised due to numpy.core.multiarray module import. > -- > Robert Kern > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless > enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as > though it had an underlying truth." > -- Umberto Eco > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > -- Gökhan
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