[SciPy-dev] NumPy import problem.

[Fernando Perez]

Robert Kern wrote:
> Charles R Harris wrote:
> 
>>On 1/6/06, *Robert Kern* <robert.kern at gmail.com
>><mailto:robert.kern at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Charles R Harris wrote:
>>    > If I try to import numpy from python in my home directory I get the
>>    > following error
>>
>>    Do you have a module named "new" in your home directory?
>>
>>Why, yes I did. I renamed it and things work fine now. I deduce that
>>this problem has been seen before?
> 
> 
> We've seen something similar once or twice before. When I get an error that says
> some module doesn't have suchAndSuch attribute that really ought to be there, I
> always check to make sure that the module I think is being imported is the
> module that is actually being imported. The "new" module is somewhat notorious
> for this kind of error.

This is precisely why pep-328, which I recently mentioned, is going to be at 
some point enforced.  I've also been bitten more than once by this.

Cheers,

f