[IPython-dev] strange namespace issue

[Darren Dale]

On Monday 10 September 2007 02:35:56 pm Fernando Perez wrote:
> On 9/10/07, Darren Dale <dd55 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> > I can't spend any more time on this now. If I knew how to solve this
> > problem, we could run pyqt* programs in ipython, they would be
> > non-blocking, and it would be possible to inspect the application state.
> > Instead, I'm leaving it so the programs do block, this way they run
> > without errors.
>
> No worries.  It's still worth noting that *some* Qt4 apps can be run
> in non-blocking mode as you state.

Aha! The problem was introduced in svn 2754, when iplib, FakeModule and Magic 
were modified. Try doing the following with svn 2753 and then 2754:

$ ipython -gthread
In [1]: run pygtk-demo.py
# interact with the pygtk-demo window

I get errors with 2754, but not with 2753.

Darren