[Numpy-discussion] Need help for the migration from Numeric to numpy

[Frank Thommen]

Christopher Barker wrote:
> On 10/14/10 12:20 AM, Frank Thommen wrote:
>> I'm trying to help a user to migrate from Numeric to numpy.  I found
>> reference to alter_code1.py on
>> http://numpy.scipy.org/old_array_packages.html.
> 
> How much code is this?

We are speaking of potentially several hundred files.  It's part of the 
scientific work of the user of the last nine years...  Part of the 
problem is, that his Python/Numeric installation is 32bit and he has the 
last 32bit computer in the department.  This installation doesn't work 
with a 64bit Linux even with all 32bit compatibility libraries 
installed.  :-]


> I always just did the conversion by hand (with search and replace, of 
> course!) -- it was never a big deal. It gave me the opportunity to tweak 
> the code to ways that work better in numpy anyway.
> 
> Unless you've got a LOT of code to do, I'd just change "Numeric" to 
> "numpy" and start testing.
> 
> Or run the conversion script, then test -- but I'd look at a diff too, 
> just to make sure you understand what the script did.

Which conversion script do you mean?  I couldn't find any conversion 
script that works or comes close to working.

Cheers

     frank

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