[Matplotlib-users] strange issue

Hello,

I'm having a strange issue, and I've managed to reduce it to a simple  
problem. I created the following file structure:

- a directory named scripts/
- a script called scripts/inspect.py
- a script called scripts/test.py

inspect.py contains just 'pass' and test.py contains 'from  
matplotlib.pyplot import *'. When I run

python scripts/test.py

I get the traceback included below. Basically, it looks like python is  
trying to import my inspect.py script instead of one that comes with  
matplotlib. Is this just down to the design of python? Is there  
anything I can do to avoid this problem in future apart from renaming  
inspect.py to another name?

Thanks,

Thomas

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "scripts/test.py", line 1, in <module>
     from matplotlib.pyplot import *
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-0.98.6svn-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
matplotlib/__init__.py", line 129, in <module>
     from rcsetup import defaultParams, validate_backend,  
validate_toolbar
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-0.98.6svn-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
matplotlib/rcsetup.py", line 19, in <module>
     from matplotlib.colors import is_color_like
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-0.98.6svn-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
matplotlib/colors.py", line 52, in <module>
     import numpy as np
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/numpy-1.4.0.dev6942-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
numpy/__init__.py", line 147, in <module>
     import ma
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/numpy-1.4.0.dev6942-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
numpy/ma/__init__.py", line 44, in <module>
     import core
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/numpy-1.4.0.dev6942-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
numpy/ma/core.py", line 4855, in <module>
     all = _frommethod('all')
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/numpy-1.4.0.dev6942-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
numpy/ma/core.py", line 4829, in __init__
     self.__doc__ = self.getdoc()
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/numpy-1.4.0.dev6942-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
numpy/ma/core.py", line 4835, in getdoc
     signature = self.__name__ + get_object_signature(meth)
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ 
python2.6/site-packages/numpy-1.4.0.dev6942-py2.6-macosx-10.5-fat.egg/ 
numpy/ma/core.py", line 111, in get_object_signature
     sig = inspect.formatargspec(*inspect.getargspec(obj))
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'formatargspec'