ipython notebook --pylab=inline replaces built-in any()

[invisibleroads]

Running "ipython notebook --pylab=inline" replaces the built-in any() with its numpy counterpart.

Expected
<function any>

Actual
<function numpy.core.fromnumeric.any>

[invisibleroads]

For the meantime, using the __builtin__ module works.

from __builtin__ import any

[Carreau]

Yes, this is expected behavior from --pylab

IPython --help-all :

--pylab=<CaselessStrEnum> (InteractiveShellApp.pylab)
    Default: None
    Choices: ['tk', 'qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx', 'inline', 'auto']
    Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use, selecting a particular
    matplotlib backend and loop integration.

--TerminalIPythonApp.pylab_import_all=<Bool>
    Default: True
    If true, an 'import *' is done from numpy and pylab, when using pylab

[Carreau]

This is of course configurable in your profile.
Closing.

[invisibleroads]

Cool, thanks.

[takluyver]

This is a bit annoying, because numpy's any doesn't work on lists. I suspect the appearance in pylab might predate the builtin any, which was introduced with Python 2.5.

I wonder if it's worth defining a compatibility any, that calls numpy.any for arrays, and the builtin any otherwise. But perhaps that would just be more confusing.

[invisibleroads]

Well, I was just trying to test whether any() called on a generator stops early and found that it does, using the console IPython. When I tried to include the code example in a tutorial, the numpy.any() kept returning a generator instead of True or False.

from __builtin__ import any

def walk_numbers():
    print 'start'
    for i in xrange(10):
        yield i
    print 'end'

# The built-in any() stops as soon as the condition is met
print any(x > 5 for x in walk_numbers())
print
print any(x > 10 for x in walk_numbers())