Error with: pickle.dumps(nu mpy.float32)

[Iljya]

Hello,

I need to pickle the type numpy.float32 but encounter an error when I
try to do so. I am able to pickle the array itself, it is specifically
the type that I cannot pickle.

I am using:
Numpy version: 0.9.4
Python version: 2.4.3
Windows XP

Here is the code that reproduces the error:
_______________ _______________ ________
import numpy
import pickle

pickle.dumps(nu mpy.float32)

Output:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32_arrtyp e'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32_arrtype
_______________ _______________ ________

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Iljya Kalai

[Iljya]

I have reproduced the error with Numpy 1.0b1

The output with v.1.0b1 reads:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32scalar' >: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32scalar

Has anyone else encountered this?

Thanks,

Iljya

Iljya wrote:

Hello,

I need to pickle the type numpy.float32 but encounter an error when I
try to do so. I am able to pickle the array itself, it is specifically
the type that I cannot pickle.

I am using:
Numpy version: 0.9.4
Python version: 2.4.3
Windows XP

Here is the code that reproduces the error:
_______________ _______________ ________
import numpy
import pickle

pickle.dumps(nu mpy.float32)

Output:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32_arrtyp e'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32_arrtype
_______________ _______________ ________

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Iljya Kalai

[Ziga Seilnacht]

Iljya wrote:

I have reproduced the error with Numpy 1.0b1

The output with v.1.0b1 reads:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32scalar' >: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32scalar

Has anyone else encountered this?

Thanks,

Iljya

Iljya wrote:

Hello,

I need to pickle the type numpy.float32 but encounter an error when I
try to do so. I am able to pickle the array itself, it is specifically
the type that I cannot pickle.

I am using:
Numpy version: 0.9.4
Python version: 2.4.3
Windows XP

Here is the code that reproduces the error:
_______________ _______________ ________
import numpy
import pickle

pickle.dumps(nu mpy.float32)

Output:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32_arrtyp e'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32_arrtype
_______________ _______________ ________

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Iljya Kalai

This looks like a numpy bug. It seems that float32_arrtype 's name is
incomplete. Its tp_name field should start with a module name, but
since it doesn't, Python assumes that it is a builtin type:

>>import numpy
numpy.float32 .__module__

'__builtin__'

You should report this bug either to the numpy list:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/...mpy-discussion

or to their bug tracker:
http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy

Ziga

[Iljya]

Thanks, Ziga

I have submitted the bug to http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy

I am using the following workaround for now:

>>import numpy
import pickle
import __builtin__
__builtin__.f loat32_arrtype = numpy.float32
pickle.dumps( numpy.float32)

'c__builtin__\n float32_arrtype \np0\n.'

The name binding must also be present when unpickling.

Iljya Kalai

Ziga Seilnacht wrote:

Iljya wrote:

I have reproduced the error with Numpy 1.0b1

The output with v.1.0b1 reads:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32scalar' >: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32scalar

Has anyone else encountered this?

Thanks,

Iljya

Iljya wrote:

Hello,
>
I need to pickle the type numpy.float32 but encounter an error when I
try to do so. I am able to pickle the array itself, it is specifically
the type that I cannot pickle.
>
I am using:
Numpy version: 0.9.4
Python version: 2.4.3
Windows XP
>
Here is the code that reproduces the error:
_______________ _______________ ________
import numpy
import pickle
>
pickle.dumps(nu mpy.float32)
>
Output:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32_arrtyp e'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.flo at32_arrtype
_______________ _______________ ________
>
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
Thanks,
>
Iljya Kalai

This looks like a numpy bug. It seems that float32_arrtype 's name is
incomplete. Its tp_name field should start with a module name, but
since it doesn't, Python assumes that it is a builtin type:

>import numpy
numpy.float32. __module__

'__builtin__'

You should report this bug either to the numpy list:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/...mpy-discussion

or to their bug tracker:
http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy

Ziga