[SciPy-dev] NumPy import problem.

[Robert Kern]

Charles R Harris wrote:
> 
> On 1/6/06, *Robert Kern* <robert.kern at gmail.com
> <mailto:robert.kern at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Charles R Harris wrote:
>     > If I try to import numpy from python in my home directory I get the
>     > following error
> 
>     Do you have a module named "new" in your home directory?
> 
> Why, yes I did. I renamed it and things work fine now. I deduce that
> this problem has been seen before?

We've seen something similar once or twice before. When I get an error that says
some module doesn't have suchAndSuch attribute that really ought to be there, I
always check to make sure that the module I think is being imported is the
module that is actually being imported. The "new" module is somewhat notorious
for this kind of error.

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