Re: [matplotlib-devel] plt.figure() causes crash on OS X 10.5.7, Py26 binaries

David Warde-Farley wrote:
> On 18-Sep-09, at 6:42 PM, David Warde-Farley wrote:
>   
>>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
>> python2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.10-py2.6.egg/IPython/Shell.py", line
>> 627, in __init__
>>     user_ns,user_global_ns,b2 =
>> self._matplotlib_config(name,user_ns,user_global_ns)
>>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
>> python2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.10-py2.6.egg/IPython/Shell.py", line
>> 556, in _matplotlib_config
>>     import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
>>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
>> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 206, in <module>
>>     from matplotlib import mpl  # pulls in most modules
>>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
>> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl.py", line 1, in <module>
>>     from matplotlib import artist
>>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
>> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 5, in <module>
>>     from transforms import Bbox, IdentityTransform, TransformedBbox,
>> TransformedPath
>>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
>> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.py", line 34, in  
>> <module>
>>     from matplotlib._path import affine_transform
>> ImportError: numpy.core.multiarray failed to import
>>     
>
> Looking a little harder at this (after downloading the source) I'm  
> positively at a loss, since multiarray doesn't seem to be explicitly  
> imported anywhere in matplotlib. Furthermore, importing  
> numpy.core.multiarray from ipython works just fine.
>
> Moreover, I just built matplotlib-0.99.1rc1 from source and the  
> problem doesn't manifest. _Weird_. Any idea what's going on?
>   
Maybe the MPL binary was built with a numpy svn version that had API
incompatibilities with numpy releases?