[SciPy-dev] Namespaces in documentation

[Johann Cohen-Tanugi]

I think that what Stefan meant is either
1) you have ipython/numpy and then you would run ipython -numpy
2) or optionally you also have matplotlib and then you would run ipython 
-pylab

and in *both* cases the cpaste of the docstrings exemple will work.
hth,
Johann

Bruce Southey wrote:
> Stéfan van der Walt wrote:
>   
>> Hi Johann
>>
>> 2008/6/2 Johann Cohen-Tanugi <cohen at slac.stanford.edu>:
>>   
>>     
>>> 2) On the other hand, I must have missed something about the ipython
>>> patch : using the -pylab profile isn't going to mean that people must
>>> have matplotlib installed in order to cut-and-paste the docstring
>>> examples? That would seem counter-intuitive at best! As a matter of
>>> fact, why does it have to live in the pylab profile?
>>>     
>>>       
>> I should rephrase: under the pylab profile, which many people use,
>> numpy and pyplot will now be available as np and plt.  In addition, we
>> will also provide a "numpy" profile, that  provides numpy as np.
>>
>> So a new user will
>>
>> a) Install IPython, numpy and optionally matplotlib
>> b) Run "ipython -p numpy" or "ipython -pylab" (if they want to plot things)
>> c) Type "cpaste" and paste in an example from the docstrings
>>
>> Regards
>> Stéfan
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> Hi,
> Why do you say '... and optionally matplotlib'?
> I do not use or even known IPython but in the example Nathan provided 
> you have:
>
>   
>>>> import numpy as np
>>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>>>         
>
> So if it is optional, the second import will fail and so will all the rest of the code that uses 'plt'. But a user may not understand why especially if pasted in as a block of code in an shell or interactive environment (assuming that the environment does not crash). Further step 2 indicates that the import is inappropriate for IPython. 
>
> This really illustrates the need for simple NumPy only and SciPy only self-contained examples plus these more elaborate self-contained
> examples. This also ignore the issue that this is documentation about NumPy and SciPy not matplotlib and about having an graphical environment to see the plot.
>
> Bruce
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