Here's another reason to do that: There is a PIL fork called Pillow.[1] It's main claims to fame are Python 3 compatibility and setuptools friendliness. Form what I know at least Fedora is looking to replace PIL by Pillow eventually.[2]
Pillow is a drop-in replacement for PIL, except -- you guessed it -- you have to write `form PIL import Image` instead of `import Image`. [1] https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/ [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Pillow On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Ryexander <[email protected]> wrote: > Because if you do it on a Mac and then at some other point in your code you > form PIL import Image > > or for that matter do the two calls in reverse > > python will crash outright with the message > AccessInit: hash collision 3 for both 1 in 1 > > why? becasue mac is weird and python things the two Image modules are > different thus tries to Load PIL twice. > why the crash doesn't happen on Lynix or windows I don't know but that's the > way it is > > So please, edit pyglet\image\codecs\pil.py and get rid of the stupid try > statement > only use > form PIL import Image > > the people who made PIL were stupid for allowing the other form anyway as it > breaks namespaces. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pyglet-users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/pyglet-users/-/ZMHC1EpQbk8J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pyglet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pyglet-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyglet-users?hl=en.
