Re: [Matplotlib-users] numarray, numpy, numeric, numerix, scipy,...

just set
numerix : numpy
in your matplotlibrc and all will be happy.

Ryan

On 4/17/06, Gary Ruben <gr...@bi...> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> John Pye wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I'm having a bit of trouble making sense of all the different
> > numeric-array libraries that Matplotlib uses and allows. We're using
> > Matplotlib as part of a larger application, and I want to make sure we
> > use the best combination of libraries.
> >
> > Is it a case of 'whichever you like' or is one of the numeric-array
> > libraries clearly better and more stable than the others?
>
> They're all very stable, but I believe Numeric is explicitly not being
> supported anymore and numarray will probably eventually stop being
> supported in favour of numpy. numpy is very stable now, so my advice it
> to use numpy. This is an easier decision now than it was a few months
> ago since numpy will soon hit its 1.0 release. One post on this or the
> developer list suggested that Numeric and numarray support will
> eventually be removed from Matplotlib, but I think we are talking way
> off in the future for that.
>
> > Also, what is Scipy doing these days? Is matplotlib still buried away
> > inside it, as I believe it was, or have they switched to another
> > plotting library altogether? I saw something about 'dynamic plots' but =
I
> > wasn't sure it was at stable or development stage.
>
> Matplotlib was never a part of scipy. You may be thinking of gplt or
> xplt (from memory). Matplotlib remains completely separate from scipy
> but requires one of Numeric, numarray or numpy - your choice.
>
> > Finally, from the documentation of Matplotlib, I got the impression tha=
t
> > it would 'sniff out' and find a suitable numeric-array library. Instead
> > it seems that it only tries to include one ('numeric' as I recall), and
> > if you want to use any other one it won't try for it, you have to
> > manually tell it so using something like the following. Would some
> > automated attempt to load the numeric-array libraries, in order of most
> > preferred to least preferred, be appropriate in the matplotlib code?
>
> You're right; it doesn't sniff out the package you want, although I
> think it would be nice if it did. However, this will soon be unimportant
> because everyone will be using numpy and that will become the default.
>
> > import matplotlib
> > import numarray
> > matplotlib.rcParams['numerix'] =3D 'numarray' import pylab
> >
> > If I want to "back the winning horse" here, which numeric library shoul=
d
> > I tell the users of our software to install?
> >
> > Cheers
> > JP
>
> Makybe Diva =3D numpy
>
> i.e. it's a one horse race.
>
> Gary
>
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