We are pleased to announce the availability of Version 1.2 of FiPy at
<http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/>.
The main reason for this release is that FiPy has been updated to use
new version of the python
array library (NumPy). The older version was known as Numeric and we
have dropped support for that.
There has been a lot of flux in the world of python scientific
computing in the last year and we are trying
to stay current. You can read all about NumPy here <http://
numpy.scipy.org/numpybooksample.pdf>.
As part of this update process, the PySparse linear algebra tool used
by FiPy has been updated to use
NumPy. PySparse's new version number is 1.0. Older versions of
PySparse will no longer work with FiPy.
The significant changes since version 1.1 are:
- ``--inline`` automatically generates C code from ``Variable``
expressions resulting in faster
calculations of multiple array operations.
- FiPy has been updated to use the Python NumPy module. FiPy no
longer works with the older Numeric module.
Cheers
--
Daniel Wheeler
