SPE Stani's Python Editor wrote:
Hi Rob,
I also run a while ago into that 'problem' of numpy. (I've emailed you
about it.) Would it not be better to load "numpy" only on demand even
if you have it installed? It increases unnecessarily boot time and
memory usage as someone might not use the image viewer every session.
Some IDE users are quite critical about it and they are right.
This would be a good idea in general: give the user a list of plugins,
and a way to control their loading: on startup, on first use, or never
(this could be useful to keep the plugin in the list for occasional use,
but avoid having it loaded inadvertently). Come to think of it, the
list should probably be a tree to show dependencies among plugins.
--
Don Dwiggins
Advanced Publishing Technology
