On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker@noaa.gov> wrote:
David Cournapeau wrote:
> Christopher Barker wrote:
>> On my OS-X box (10.4.11, python2.5, numpy '1.1.1rc2'), it takes about 7
>> seconds to import numpy!
>
> Hot or cold ? If hot, there is something horribly wrong with your setup.

hot -- it takes about 10 cold.

I've been wondering about that.

time python -c "import numpy"

real    0m8.383s
user    0m0.320s
sys     0m7.805s

and similar results if run multiple times in a row.

Any idea what could be wrong? I have no clue where to start, though I
suppose a complete clean out and re-install of python comes to mind.

Is only 'import numpy' slow, or other packages import slowly too ?
Are there remote directories in your pythonpath ?
Do you have old `eggs` in the site-packages directory that point to remote directories (installed with setuptools developp) ?
Try cleaning the site-packages directory. That did the trick for me once.
 
David


oh, and this is a dual G5 PPC (which should have a faster disk than your
Macbook)


-Chris


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