[Numpy-discussion] numpy 1.04 numpy.test() hang

[David Cournapeau]

Geoffrey Zhu wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2007 12:12 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Geoffrey Zhu wrote:
>>     
>>> Good morning.
>>>
>>> I just installed the Windows binary of numpy 1.04. When I ran
>>> numpy.test() in IDLE (the Python shell that comes with Python), the
>>> program hang (or at least is running for half an hour). I am using
>>> Windows XP, duel core intel CPU.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what is going on?
>>>       
>> No. Run numpy.test(verbosity=2) so it will print out each test name before
>> running the test. Then we might have some idea about where the hang is coming from.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Kern
>>
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>>  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
>>  an underlying truth."
>>  -- Umberto Eco
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>
> Thanks for the hint, Robert.
>
> It hangs on  check_cdouble (numpy.tests.test_linalg.test_det).
>
>
> Also testip_not_allclose() had three warnings. I guess that's probably okay.
>
> testip_not_allclose (numpy.core.tests.test_numeric.test_allclose_inf) ...
> Warning: invalid value encountered in absolute
> Warning: invalid value encountered in absolute
> Warning: invalid value encountered in less_equal
> ok
>   
Are you on x86-64, too ? Which BLAS are you using ? This smells like a 
C/Fortran problem (because it happens with complex values only).

cheers,

David