In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Is pylab part of matplotlib? > > Yes. > > > I always thought it was the other way > > around. I have a similar view of numpy as part of scipy. > > It is not. > > > Maybe I'm > > confused on the dependencies. I find it confusing in the examples > > sometimes when the "bigger" package is imported (e.g. scipy) and then a > > "subpackage" is also imported. Like this: > > > > from scipi import * > > from scipi import numpy > > The latter would definitely be bad form if it worked. numpy is a package all > by > itself and should be imported by itself. > > > I know I've seen stuff like that, but I don't get it. The dependencies > > are confusing to me. > > pylab is a module provided with matplotlib that exposes a nice interface for > certain purposes. Somewhat confusingly, it is provided in two places, as its > own > module: > > import pylab > > and as a submodule in the matplotlib package: > > from matplotlib import pylab > > Both do the same thing. You get to ask John Hunter if you want to know the > whys > and wherefores. [cut] Got it. Thanks, Robert, for the quick tutorial. It's a lot clearer now. Now, to just remember it. By the way, from what I have seen so far they are beautiful packages. The only problem I'm having is getting ipython to run. Not installed in /usr/local/bin (although all other IPython files look to be installed in /Library/Framewaorks/python...blah/site-packages). I'm still searching the web sites for answers. But all else seems to run pretty smoothly. -- Lou Pecora (my views are my own) REMOVE THIS to email me. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
