[IPython-dev] from __future__ import division

[Fernando Perez]

On 6/14/06, Darren Dale <dd55 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Fernando, didnt you change ipython's pylab mode to support the new division
> operation by default, or did I imagine that?

Thanks for jolting my memory.  The full thread on this matter is here:

http://scipy.net/pipermail/ipython-user/2005-December/001183.html

To summarize things out, the trick is this one.  In your ipythonrc
file, add (put this in ONE LINE, the gmail client splits it):

execute exec __IP.compile('from __future__ import
division','<input>','single') in __IP.user_ns

The behavior is not the default in ipython, but it's easy enough for
users to activate.

Note that trying to start ipython with a -Qnew interpreter crashes
pylab, because numpy is NOT new-division safe:

planck[contrib]> python -Qnew `which ipython`
Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 12:11:53)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.7.2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?       -> Introduction to IPython's features.
%magic  -> Information about IPython's 'magic' % functions.
help    -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]: from numpy import *
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
exceptions.TypeError                                 Traceback (most
recent call last)

/home/fperez/ipython/contrib/<ipython console>

/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/numpy/f2py/__init__.py
      9 from info import __doc__
     10
---> 11 import f2py2e
     12 run_main = f2py2e.run_main
     13 main = f2py2e.main

/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/numpy/f2py/f2py2e.py
     25
     26 import crackfortran
---> 27 import rules
     28 import cb_rules
     29 import common_rules

/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/numpy/f2py/rules.py
     94 #################### Rules for C/API module #################
     95
---> 96 module_rules={
     97     'modulebody':"""\
     98 /* File: #modulename#module.c

/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/numpy/f2py/auxfuncs.py in gentitle(name)
    393 def gentitle(name):
    394     l=(80-len(name)-6)/2
--> 395     return '/*%s %s %s*/'%(l*'*',name,l*'*')
    396 def flatlist(l):
    397     if type(l)==types.ListType:

TypeError: can't multiply sequence to non-int


Cheers,

f