[IPython-dev] Problems with physics profile

[Duane Kaufman]

Hi,

I am trying to get the Physics profile working under Windows, but I get
an error when starting (see below).
I am running Ipython 0.8.0 and Scientific 2.6. Any hints as to what to
look into?

Thanks,
Duane

Error Follows:


C:\Console2>C:\Python24\python.exe C:\Python24\scripts\ipython-script.py
-pylab
-p physics
*** Simplified input for physical quantities enabled.
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exceptions.TypeError                                 Traceback (most
recent call
 last)

C:\Console2\<string>

c:\python24\lib\site-packages\ipython-0.8.0-py2.4.egg\IPython\Extensions
\Physica
lQInteractive.py
     20 __license__ = Release.license
     21
---> 22 from Scientific.Physics.PhysicalQuantities import
PhysicalQuantity
     23
     24 # This code can be set up to work with Numeric or with math for
providin
g the

c:\python24\lib\site-packages\ScientificPython-2.6-py2.4-win32.egg\Scien
tific\Ph
ysics\PhysicalQuantities.py
    591
    592 _addUnit('Hz', '1/s')                # Hertz
--> 593 _addUnit('N', 'm*kg/s**2')           # Newton
    594 _addUnit('Pa', 'N/m**2')             # Pascal
    595 _addUnit('J', 'N*m')                 # Joule

c:\python24\lib\site-packages\ScientificPython-2.6-py2.4-win32.egg\Scien
tific\Ph
ysics\PhysicalQuantities.py in _addUnit(name, unit)
    573         raise KeyError('Unit ' + name + ' already defined')
    574     if type(unit) == type(''):
--> 575         unit = eval(unit, _unit_table)
    576         for cruft in ['__builtins__', '__args__']:
    577             try: del _unit_table[cruft]

C:\Console2\<string>

c:\python24\lib\site-packages\ScientificPython-2.6-py2.4-win32.egg\Scien
tific\Ph
ysics\PhysicalQuantities.py in __pow__(self, other)
    367             raise TypeError("cannot exponentiate units with
non-zero off
set")
    368         if type(other) == type(0):
--> 369             return PhysicalUnit(other*self.names,
pow(self.factor, other
),
    370                                 map(lambda x,p=other: x*p,
self.powers))

    371         if type(other) == type(0.):

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'int' and 'NumberDict'
WARNING: Loading of IPython.Extensions.PhysicalQInteractive failed.

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exceptions.NameError                                 Traceback (most
recent call
 last)

C:\Console2\<string>

NameError: name 'PhysicalQuantityInteractive' is not defined
WARNING: Failure executing code: 'q = PhysicalQuantityInteractive'
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exceptions.NameError                                 Traceback (most
recent call
 last)

C:\Console2\<string>

NameError: name 'PhysicalQuantityInteractive' is not defined
WARNING: Failure executing code: "g = PhysicalQuantityInteractive('9.8
m/s**2')"

*** q is an alias for PhysicalQuantityInteractive
*** g = 9.8 m/s^2 has been defined
*** rad = pi/180  has been defined
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