Re: [Matplotlib-users] confusion about what part of numpy pylab imports

2007-04-25 Thread Mark Bakker
Well, if I can cast a vote, it would make a lot of sense if pylab functions do the same thing as numpy functions. Right now it is exceedingly confusing when I teach, that zeros() could be integers or floats. An rc parameter where we would import straight from numpy would be most excellent. Can't w

Re: [Matplotlib-users] confusion about what part of numpy pylab imports

2007-04-24 Thread Eric Firing
Gary Ruben wrote: > Hi Mark, > this thread may help: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.numeric.general/13399/focus=13421 > > Essentially, pylab uses a compatibility layer to ease the task of > supporting the three array packages - currently this uses the Numeric > version of the ones a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] confusion about what part of numpy pylab imports

2007-04-24 Thread Gary Ruben
Hi Mark, this thread may help: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.numeric.general/13399/focus=13421 Essentially, pylab uses a compatibility layer to ease the task of supporting the three array packages - currently this uses the Numeric version of the ones and zeros functions giving the be

Re: [Matplotlib-users] confusion about what part of numpy pylab imports

2007-04-24 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
"Mark Bakker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can this be fixed? Any explanation how this happens? Pylab just > imports part of numpy, doesn't it? It imports numerix, a compatibility layer for numeric, numarray and numpy. I think the plan is to remove numerix soon and just use numpy, but in the mea