Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread Gabriel G
At Tuesday 31/10/2006 21:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: casevh> You must use "gmake". "make" fails during "make check" Very weird: piggy:% make -v GNU Make 3.80 piggy:% gmake -v GNU Make 3.80 Nevertheless, using "gmake" instead of "make" did indeed work. Thanks for the hint

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread skip
>> I just compiled GMP 4.2.1 on a P4 using >> >> $ CFLAGS="" CC=gcc ./configure >> $ gmake; gmake check >> casevh> You must use "gmake". "make" fails during "make check" Very weird: piggy:% make -v GNU Make 3.80 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation,

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread casevh
Oops, on the double-post. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A guy at work asked for functionality commonly found with rational numbers, > > so I said I'd find and install something. I figured gmpy would be suitable, > > alas I'm having trouble successfully building the underlying GMP 4.2.1 > > library

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread casevh
> A guy at work asked for functionality commonly found with rational numbers, > so I said I'd find and install something. I figured gmpy would be suitable, > alas I'm having trouble successfully building the underlying GMP 4.2.1 > library on a PC running Solaris 10 (won't compile with the default

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread casevh
> A guy at work asked for functionality commonly found with rational numbers, > so I said I'd find and install something. I figured gmpy would be suitable, > alas I'm having trouble successfully building the underlying GMP 4.2.1 > library on a PC running Solaris 10 (won't compile with the default

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread skip
Gabriel> Try clnum included in: Gabriel> http://sourceforge.net/projects/calcrpnpy I tried that as well before trying GMP. It (the base clnum library) complained about the absence of GMP during configure and failed to compile. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-lis

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread Gabriel Genellina
At Tuesday 31/10/2006 14:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A guy at work asked for functionality commonly found with rational numbers, so I said I'd find and install something. I figured gmpy would be suitable, alas I'm having trouble successfully building the underlying GMP 4.2.1 library on a PC ru

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread skip
Paul> There are certainly some of those around, but I'm surprised Paul> there's a problem with GMP and Solaris. That was my thought as well. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread Paul Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Performance is, for now, certainly not an issue. Even a pure Python > rational number class would probably suffice. There are certainly some of those around, but I'm surprised there's a problem with GMP and Solaris. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

"best" rational number library for Python?

2006-10-31 Thread skip
A guy at work asked for functionality commonly found with rational numbers, so I said I'd find and install something. I figured gmpy would be suitable, alas I'm having trouble successfully building the underlying GMP 4.2.1 library on a PC running Solaris 10 (won't compile with the default --host,