[MMTK] ParticleVectors and __float__ attributes

[Alexander D. Wissner-Gross]

Hi Seth,

If you use Numeric 23.8 instead of 24.2 that should fix your problem.

Best,
Alex Wissner-Gross

Dr. Seth Olsen wrote:
> 
> Hi MMTKers,
> 
> I had a try at working around the error I was getting from 
> Subspace.getBasis(), namely:
> 
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 67, in ?
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MMTK/Subspace.py", line 79, in 
> getBasis
>     basis = Numeric.array(self.vectors, Numeric.Float)
> AttributeError: ParticleVector instance has no attribute '__float__'
> 
> by adding a __float__ attribute to the ParticleVector class as such:
> 
>    def __float__(self):
>         return Numeric.array(self.array,Numeric.Float)
> 
> but this doesn't work, giving instead a different error:
>   File "<stdin>", line 67, in ?
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MMTK/Subspace.py", line 79, in 
> getBasis
>     basis = Numeric.array(self.vectors, Numeric.Float)
> TypeError: nb_float should return float object
> 
> This is quite perplexing, as I can't be the first one to run into this 
> bug.  I'm giving up for the evening.  I will try again tomorrow.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Seth
> 
> 
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