Re: [Pytables-users] Error in test_carray.py

[Yann Le Du <yan...@no...>]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Francesc Altet wrote:

> A Divendres 27 Gener 2006 19:28, Yann Le Du va escriure:
>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Francesc Altet wrote:
>>> A Divendres 27 Gener 2006 18:46, Yann Le Du va escriure:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I've juste installed Pytables, but I get this error (cf. attachment)
>>>> when running test_carray.py.
>>>>
>>>> How bad is it ?
>>>
>>> Quite bad indeed. Which version of Numeric are you using? Please
>>> indicate as well PyTables version, and operating system.
>>
>> I have both Numeric 23.6-1 and numarray-1.5.0 installed. I compiled
>> Pytables-1.2.1, and OS is Linux version 2.6.15-ARCH.
>>
>> Is is a problem with having both numarray and numeric ?
>
> Nope. I think the problem is that your Numeric version is too old.
> Please upgrade it (I think latest is 24.2). This is documented in the
> README.txt and the installation chapter of the Users' Manual, although
> provided users tend to not read docs and generally they run the test
> suite (or I think so), it might be better to add some warning during
> the execution of tests.

It works fine now ! I now use Numeric 24.2.

I had read the docs, but had somehow understood that Numarray replaced 
Numeric.

Thanks a lot, now I can explore pytbales. By the way, thanks a lot for the 
extra fast replies.

Cheers,

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