Just a heads up, with numpy 1.0b5.dev3084 and scipy 0.5.0.2180, I get the following error when I so from scipy import *: import misc -> failed: cannot import name place --------------------------------------------------------------------------- exceptions.ImportError Traceback (most recent call last) /home/darren/<ipython console> /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/signal/__init__.py 6 7 import sigtools ----> 8 from waveforms import * 9 from bsplines import * 10 from filter_design import * /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/signal/waveforms.py 4 # 2003 5 ----> 6 from numpy import asarray, zeros, place, nan, mod, pi, extract, log, sqrt, \ 7 exp, cos, sin, size, polyval, polyint, log10 8 ImportError: cannot import name place