[Numpy-discussion] "import numpy" is slow

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 03:41:15PM +0900, David Cournapeau wrote:
> Yes. Nothing that an easy make file cannot solve, nonetheless (I am sure
> I am not the only one with a makefile/script which automates the above,
> to test a new svn updated numpy in one command).

That's why distutils have a test target. You can do "python setup.py
test", and if you have setup you setup.py properly it should work
(obviously it is easy to make this statement, and harder to get the thing
working).

Gaël