On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM, linuxgus<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Jun 29, 5:52 am, Ahmed Fasih <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> There are a couple of things you can try:
>> 1) If you are doing only Numpy stuff and don't need any sage-specific
>> tools, you can use ipython without sage: "sage -ipython", or in the
>> notebook, by either choosing "python" in the syntax drop-down menu
>> instead of "sage", or by putting "%python" as the first line of cells.
>
> --Will the '%python' directive affect ONLY the cell where it is
> declared or all cells after it? In case the latter is true, is there
> any way to turn "%python" off?

As an exercise, perhaps you might try and see for yourself what the
answer to the above question is.

>
>
>> 2) Turn off the preprocessor before chunks of Numpy code: "preparse
>> (False)".
>
> --In such a case, wouldn't you need 'preparse(True)' to turn it back
> on?  While at this, is the 'preparse()' command global or does it
> apply only to the cell where it is issued?

Global (and again, you could figure out the answer as a simple exercise).

> Since cells (in notebook)
> can be executed independently, what if, say, a cell with no 'preparse
> ()' command is located right after (below) a cell with 'preparse
> (False)' but the user re-executes a cell far below which has 'preparse
> (True)' in it, then goes back and re-executes the cell in question
> (which has no 'preparse')?  Would the preparser be on or off then?  I
> guess I could try it out for myself, but there are many older versions
> of Sage still in use.

You should try it out for yourself.  :-)     I don't think any of this
behavior has
changed in the last few years.

>
>
> >
>



-- 
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org

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