[Python-modules-team] Bug#860138: scipy handles error messages poorly

2017-04-11 Thread James Van Zandt
Package: python-scipy Version: 0.18.1-2 I was running a program under the debugger pdb, and a bug generated this message: (Pdb) n TypeError: TypeErro...0, 1).",) > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/optimize/minpack.py(212)_root_hybr() -> shape, dtype = _check_func('fsolve', 'func', func, x0,

[Python-modules-team] Bug#860063: fsolve docs should state that it cannot solve over- or under-determined problems

2017-04-10 Thread James Van Zandt
Package: python-scipy Version: 0.18.1 I have a MATLAB program that uses fsolve() from the optimization toolbox. I found that scipy offers a similar function. I spent a fair amount of time translating my program into Python, only to discover that the scipy implementation (unlike the MATLAB one) r