I guess that makes sense on a certain level, but boy it is cumbersome to explain to a class. It pretty much defeats the whole purpose of doing from numpy import *. Mark On Aug 6, 12:03 pm, "Robert Kern" <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 05:00, mark <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello list. I am confused about importing numpy.
When I do
from numpy import *
and I try the min function, I get the default Python min function.
On the other hand, when I do
import numpy as np
and use the np.min function, I get the numpy min function (which is obviously what I want).
I know, the latter is preferred, but the former is so dang easy to type. I always thought both imports work the same, but I am obviously wrong. What's the difference?
We specifically exclude those names which would override builtins.
-- Robert Kern
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