[Visualpython-users] Python 2.5

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

Questions have been asked about Visual for Python 2.5. A significant 
hurdle to overcome is that there is not and will not be a version of 
Numeric for Python 2.5 (the last to be made was for Python 2.4). Its 
successor Numarray does exist for Python 2.5 but is likely to be the 
last, as the download instructions say "Use Numpy!" Thanks to Jonathan 
Brandmeyer's work, Visual can be compiled for Numarray, but some 
existing VPython programs that used explicit Numeric capabilities may 
break due to some incompatibilities between Numeric and Numarray.

The right thing to do is to revise Visual to use Numpy, which is the 
designated to-be-supported replacement for both Numeric and Numarray. I 
do not know how much work will be required to do this.

Bruce Sherwood