[IPython-dev] custom completers, changes since ipython-4?

[Osborn, Raymond]

Hi Darren,

>>> from IPython.utils import generics

seems to work. There may be other changes you need to be aware of, but I’ll leave that to the real experts.

Ray

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I wrote a custom completer for h5py some years ago, and discovered a problem after updating ipython to the latest version:
> 
> [TerminalIPythonApp] WARNING | Error in loading extension: h5py.ipy_completer Check your config files in /home/darren/.ipython/profile_default Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/shellapp.py", line 267, in init_extensions self.shell.extension_manager.load_extension(ext) File "/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/extensions.py", line 89, in load_extension __import__(module_str) File "/opt/conda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/h5py/ipy_completer.py", line 59, in <module> from IPython import generics ImportError: cannot import name generics
> 
> I'm sorry if this has an obvious solution that has been announced somewhere, maybe I don't know where to look anymore. Is there a list of changes that has been made to the API? What happened to generics?
> 
> Thanks,
> Darren
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