Re: [Numpy-discussion] Set #threads from within python code

2017-03-24 Thread Pavlyk, Oleksandr
Rather than keeping the number of threads MKL uses to 1, it is better to use MKL_THREADING_LAYER=SEQUENTIAL https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/528380 --Sasha From: NumPy-Discussion [mailto:numpy-discussion-bounces+oleksandr.pavlyk=intel@python.org] On Behalf Of Neal Becker Sent: Friday

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Structured array creation with list of lists and others

2017-03-24 Thread Allan Haldane
On 03/23/2017 02:16 PM, Kirill Balunov wrote: > It was the first time I tried to create a structured array in numpy. > Usually I use pandas for heterogeneous arrays, but it is one more > dependency to my project. > > It took me some time (really, much more than some), to understand the > problem w

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Structured array creation with list of lists and others

2017-03-24 Thread Slavin, Jonathan
Hi Kirill, ​T​ he idea is that each tuple assigns a name to the field and a data type. There are a variety of ways to create structured arrays but they all involve giving both a name and data type to each field (I think). See https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/user/basics.rec.html ​Jon​ On Fri, M

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Set #threads from within python code

2017-03-24 Thread Neal Becker
Ah, that probably explains it! On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 7:37 AM Daπid wrote: > On 24 March 2017 at 12:30, Neal Becker wrote: > > Using os.environ doesn't > > work. I don't understand why. > > It should, I do that for other variables. Are you setting the > variables before importing other librar

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Set #threads from within python code

2017-03-24 Thread Daπid
On 24 March 2017 at 12:30, Neal Becker wrote: > Using os.environ doesn't > work. I don't understand why. It should, I do that for other variables. Are you setting the variables before importing other libraries? They may only get read at import time. __

[Numpy-discussion] Set #threads from within python code

2017-03-24 Thread Neal Becker
I don't want my python code to run multi-thread. So I can do: MKL_NUM_THREAD=1 NUMEXPR_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 my_program... But I don't seem to be able to achieve this effect without setting env variables on the command line; within my_program. Using os.environ doesn't work. I don't u

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