On 27.07.2012, at 3:27PM, Benjamin Root wrote:
> > I would prefer not to use: from xxx import *,
> >
> > because of the name pollution.
> >
> > The name convention that I copied above facilitates avoiding the pollution.
> >
> > In the same spirit, I've used:
> > import pylab as plb
>
> But in that same spirit, using np and plt separately is preferred.
>
>
> "Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!"
> from http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
>
> Absolutely correct. The namespace pollution is exactly why we encourage
> converts to move over from the pylab mode to separating out the numpy and
> pyplot namespaces. There are very subtle issues that arise when doing "from
> pylab import *" such as overriding the built-in "any" and "all". The only
> real advantage of the pylab mode over separating out numpy and pyplot is
> conciseness, which many matlab users expect at first.
It unfortunately also comes with the convenience of using the "ipython --pylab"
mode -
does anyone know how to turn the "import *" part of, or how to create a similar
working
environment with ipython that does keep namespaces clean?
Cheers,
Derek
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