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| author | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2010-10-17 00:03:27 -0600 |
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| committer | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2010-10-17 00:03:27 -0600 |
| commit | 106d40f3e2ece8b03494fdae8e2f64528ce594e2 (patch) | |
| tree | 6cd6f9498f0b3abb050f0f5289ce9613ed442f59 | |
| parent | f4d9da1e86d1031e99549073681831270e450fb4 (diff) | |
| parent | 6cd460c0615066b33b8d36a4fc8c872b415851fc (diff) | |
| download | numpy-106d40f3e2ece8b03494fdae8e2f64528ce594e2.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'deprecation-docs' of http://github.com/rgommers/numpy into rgommers-deprecation-docs
| -rw-r--r-- | README.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/TESTS.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index f835004d2..7ec97e100 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ After installation, tests can be run with: python -c 'import numpy; numpy.test()' +When installing a new version of numpy for the first time or before upgrading +to a newer version, it is recommended to turn on deprecation warnings when +running the tests: + +python -Wd -c 'import numpy; numpy.test()' + The most current development version is always available from our git repository: diff --git a/doc/TESTS.txt b/doc/TESTS.txt index c0b866054..936f00a1d 100644 --- a/doc/TESTS.txt +++ b/doc/TESTS.txt @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ follows:: >>> import numpy >>> numpy.test() +Note that for Python >= 2.7 deprecation warnings are silent by default. They +can be turned on (recommended after installation and before upgrading) by +starting the interpreter with the -Wd switch, or by:: + + >>> import warnings + >>> wwarnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning) + The test method may take two or more arguments; the first is a string label specifying what should be tested and the second is an integer giving the level of output verbosity. See the docstring for numpy.test |