[SciPy-user] from scipy.cplt import *

[Nils Wagner]

Robert Kern wrote:

> Nils Wagner wrote:
>
>> Travis Oliphant wrote:
>>
>>> Pearu Peterson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Nils Wagner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> from scipy.xplt import *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy_base/ppimport.py", 
>>>>> line 303, in __getattr__
>>>>>    module = self._ppimport_importer()
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy_base/ppimport.py", 
>>>>> line 262, in _ppimport_importer
>>>>>    raise PPImportError,\
>>>>> scipy_base.ppimport.PPImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy_base/ppimport.py", 
>>>>> line 273, in _ppimport_importer
>>>>>    module = __import__(name,None,None,['*'])
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy/xplt/__init__.py", 
>>>>> line 12, in ?
>>>>>    from Mplot import *
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy/xplt/Mplot.py", line 
>>>>> 1015, in ?
>>>>>    import colorbar
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy/xplt/colorbar.py", 
>>>>> line 9, in ?
>>>>>    from slice3 import *
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy/xplt/slice3.py", 
>>>>> line 1581, in ?
>>>>>    _poly_permutations4 = _construct3 (0)
>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/scipy/xplt/slice3.py", 
>>>>> line 1575, in _construct3
>>>>>    mask = find_mask (below, _node_edges3 [itype])
>>>>> TypeError: Array can not be safely cast to required type
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone reproduce this error ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is the error I was getting before I changed the appropriate 
>>> functions in arrayfns in Numeric from expecting 'i' type arrays to 
>>> 'l' type arrays.
>>>
>>> I suspect you are using an old binary somehow...
>>>
>>> -Travis
>>>
>> I have removed the build directories in scipy and Numeric.
>> Also I have removed Numeric in /usr/lib/python/site-packages
>>
>> Again
>>
>> from scipy.xplt import *
>>
>> failed. I am at a loss for words ....
>
>
> I'm getting the same error on the Mac. Natch.
>
> The change in arrayfns.find_mask that you note ('i' to 'l', or 
> PyArray_INT to PyArray_LONG in enum terms) does not appear in the copy 
> of Numeric-23.5 that I downloaded from Sourceforge.
>
> Specifically, lines 1118-9
>
>     GET_ARR (fsa, fso, PyArray_INT, 2) ;
>     GET_ARR (node_edgesa, node_edgeso, PyArray_INT, 2) ;
>
> Travis' change didn't make it into the Numeric-23.5 package.
>
> Nils, try checking out a copy of Numeric from CVS. Or just change 
> those two lines to say PyArray_LONG instead of PyArray_INT.
>
Robert,

Thank you very much for your all-dominant hint !
Now, it works fine. However, I didn't mention that I have used the tarball.
Obviously, Pearu and all the others are using cvs....
 
If  I use cvs version of Numerical how do I install it ?
When is python setup.py build really necessary ?

Nils