Hi Andrea, you should post this to the numpy list: numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net
Cheers! Bernhard Andrea Gavana schrieb: > Hello NG, > > I am using the latest Numpy release 1.0rc2 which includes F2PY. I > have switched to Python 2.5 so this is the only alternative I have > (IIUC). With Python 2.4, I was able to build a very simple fortran > extension without problems. > > My extension contains 4 subroutines that scan a file and do simple operations. > Now, attempting to run the second subroutine as: > > dprops, dwgnames, dunits = readsmspec.readsmspec(smspec, dimens) > > Prompt a ValueError from Python: > > File "D:\MyProjects\Carolina\MainPanel.py", line 894, in ReadSMSPECFile > dprops, dwgnames, dunits = readsmspec.readsmspec(smspec, dimens) > ValueError: data type must provide an itemsize > > ?!? I have never seen anything like that and googling around didn't > give me any answer. The function accepts two inputs: > > - smspec: a filename, maximum 1000 characters long > - dimens: an integer > > and returns 3 array of chars, each of them with size (8, dimens). Does > anyone know what I may be doing wrong? > > Thank you very much for every pointer. > > > -- > Andrea. > > "Imagination Is The Only Weapon In The War Against Reality." > http://xoomer.virgilio.it/infinity77/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list