[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Near the beginning of file test_matrix.py from scipy are the lines > > import scipy.base > reload(scipy.base) > from scipy.base import * > del sys.path[0] > > Could someone please explain why the first two lines were included? A > similar script I wrote works fine without them. Also, what is the > purpose of the "del" line? (I understand the mechanics of what "del" > does.) The scipy developers are skilled Python programmers, so I am > trying to understand the idioms used in their codes.
Pearu probably knows. You should ask on the scipy list as this is almost certainly a holdover from the older version of scipy. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list