Re: [Visualpython-users] Numeric/Numpy

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

I've been thinking about translating the regular (non-beta) release to
numpy.  It wouldn't have the new features, but it would sever the ties
to numeric.  I wouldn't get to it before January  (if then, as my
tenure case is coming up ...)

In the meantime, I've never used py2exe, so I may be way off base
here, but is the problem namespace polution?  If so, Bruce might have
luck with the likes of

import visual as v
import numeric as nu
import numpy as n
import scipy as s
etc.

Calls to visual structures should go to Numeric ( v.sphere(), for
example) and calls to scipy should go to numpy ( s.linspace()  for
example).  I think.   :)

just a thought.

-gary

On 10/21/07, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:
> I've been thinking about translating the regular (non-beta) release to
> numpy.  It wouldn't have the new features, but it would sever the ties
> to numeric.  I wouldn't get to it before January  (if then as my
> tenure case is coming up ...)
>
> In the meantime, I've never used py2exe, so I may be way off base
> here, but is the problem namespace polution?  If so, Bruce might have
> luck with the likes of
>
> import visual as v
> import numeric as nu
> import numpy as n
> import scipy as s
> etc.
>
> Calls to visual structures should go to Numeric ( v.sphere(), for
> example) and calls to scipy should go to numpy ( s.linspace()  for
> example).  I think.   :)
>
> just a thought.
>
> -gary
>
> On 10/21/07, Bruce Sherwood <Bru...@nc...> wrote:
> > This is indeed awkward, but it won't get fixed very soon.
> >
> > On the one hand, as has been documented and you experienced, the beta
> > version is buggy on Windows. I'm gearing up to work on this myself, but
> > I have no prediction of when we will see improvement.
> >
> > On the other hand, the production version depends on numeric (and
> > includes it), and there is no one available to my knowledge who can do
> > the work to replace numeric with numpy in that version. The conversion
> > from numeric to numpy in the beta version was done by Arthur Siegel last
> > winter, just before he unexpectedly died.
> >
> > Scipy is more than numpy; numpy is the foundation for other components
> > of scipy.
> >
> > Bruce Sherwood
> >
> > Bruce Peterson wrote:
> > > I'm trying to make a distributable app with python 2.5, vpython, and
> > > scipy for Windows XP. My understanding is that vpython uses the
> > > numeric library while scipy uses (or is the same as ?) the numpy
> > > library. This seems to cause a conflict in the namespace when I use
> > > py2exe to make a distributable. Py2exe complains about most all
> > > numpy/numeric modules not being found.
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed in beta 16 that the beta uses numpy rather than numeric.
> > > However beta 16 crashes my Win XP OS -- I need to do a power cycle to
> > > unfreeze it after using beta 16 with vpython demos. So switching to
> > > beta 16 is out. Are there any plans on separate track for the next
> > > version of vpython to only include numpy rather than numeric and
> > > leave the other beta 16 features to be resolved later?
> > >
> > > Bruce Peterson
> > > 425 466 7344
> > >
> > >
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