Re: [Visualpython-users] Path to success with {K}Ubuntu Lucid?

Guy is correct. Turns out that numpy contains a module numpy.random 
(which offers an extensive range of randomization options), and because 
numpy is imported by Visual, the numpy.random module overrides the 
earlier random import.

Bruce Sherwood

On 4/7/2010 10:29 PM, Guy K. Kloss wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:16:00 Ron Adam wrote:
>    
>> On a different note:
>>
>> I came across something which was just a minor annoyance, but maybe worth
>> fixing.
>>
>> ra@Gutsy:~$ python
>> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr  3 2010, 01:56:30)
>> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>   >>>  import random
>>   >>>  from visual import *
>>   >>>  random.choice(range(7))
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in<module>
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'choice'
>>   >>>  import random
>>   >>>  random.choice(range(7))
>> 6
>>      
> I wouldn't bet on it, but I could imagine that this has got something to do
> with the wild card imports within visual from numpy as well as certain other
> modules. I've voted for some cleaning and sanity in there, and I hope that's
> going to happen some day.
>
> Guy
>
>    
>
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