On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Gael Varoquaux < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 03:52:48PM -0500, Mark Wiebe wrote: > > Can't use numpy.datetime, since that conflicts with Python's datetime > > library, especially in pylab. > > I don't understand that: isn't the point of namespaces to avoid those > naming conflicts. To me that's just like saying that numpy.sum shouldn't > be named sum because it would conflict with the sum builtin. > > It's just asking for import problems and general confusion to shadow a Python module, that's why we renamed io to npyio. I'm curious as to what would be in the module. My 2 euro cents (a endangered currency) > > Aren't they all? Chuck
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