[Numpy-discussion] Re: bug in Numeric, LinearAlgebra

[Cong <vo....@is...>]

Cong> I've just upgraded from Numeric-21.0 to Numeric-22.0 
Cong> ( python-2.2.2 ) and found a bug. Do anyone use LinearAlgebra too ?
Cong> 
Cong> Now, I downed it to Numeric 21.0 . This version works very well.

I found that now this version doesnot work too. So I delete Numeric
21.0 complettely then install Numeric 22.0 again. After that the error
message changed to:

$ python
Python 2.2.2 (#1, Dec 22 2002, 17:44:21) 
[GCC 3.2.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import LinearAlgebra
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/LinearAlgebra.py", line 10, in ?
    import MLab
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/MLab.py", line 20, in ?
    import RandomArray
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/RandomArray.py", line 30, in ?
    seed()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/RandomArray.py", line 26, in seed
    x = int(t/base)
OverflowError: float too large to conver

I can not figure out what is happenning. Temporarily, I import
LinearAlgebra this way:

try:
	import LinearAlgebra
except:
	import LinearAlgebra

And this worked, for Numeric 22.0 on python 2.2.2
as well as for Numeric 21.0 on python 2.2.2 .

// Cong

Cong> 
Cong> Cong
Cong> 
Cong> $ python
Cong> Python 2.2.2 (#1, Dec 14 2002, 05:45:37) 
Cong> [GCC 3.2.1] on linux2
Cong> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
Cong> >>> import LinearAlgebra
Cong> Traceback (most recent call last):
Cong>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
Cong>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/LinearAlgebra.py", line 10, in ?
Cong>     import MLab
Cong>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/MLab.py", line 20, in ?
Cong>     import RandomArray
Cong>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/RandomArray.py", line 30, in ?
Cong>     seed()
Cong>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/RandomArray.py", line 24, in seed
Cong>     ndigits = int(math.log10(t))
Cong> OverflowError: float too large to convert
Cong>