Re: [Matplotlib-users] zeros and ones difference between pylab and scipy

2007-10-11 Thread Matthieu Brucher
> > Can this be changed? Is there a better approach I should take in > getting my students started using scipy and pylab together? > Teaching them what is a module and a namespace is a good think, why don't telling them to do : import pylab as pl import numpy as npy for instance so that they ha

Re: [Matplotlib-users] zeros and ones difference between pylab and scipy

2007-10-11 Thread John Hunter
On 10/11/07, Ryan Krauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can this be changed? Is there a better approach I should take in > getting my students started using scipy and pylab together? Yes, this was left in initially for backward compatibility but I think we should strive for maximal numpy compatibi

[Matplotlib-users] zeros and ones difference between pylab and scipy

2007-10-11 Thread Ryan Krauss
I have successfully (I think) coerced my students into using Scipy/Numpy for signal processing and dynamic system modeling. They are mechanical engineering coming from a Matlab background. In order to make using Python easy and have it feel like Matlab, I teach them to put from scipy import * f