Changes for 0.71

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Significant numerix namespace changes, introduced to resolve namespace clashes between python built-ins and mlab names. Refactored numerix to maintain separate modules, rather than folding all these names into a single namespace. See the following mailing list threads for more information and background

 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6398890&forum_id=36187
 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6323208&forum_id=36187

OLD usage

 from matplotlib.numerix import array, mean, fft

NEW usage

 from matplotlib.numerix import array
 from matplotlib.numerix.mlab import mean
 from matplotlib.numerix.fft import fft

numerix dir structure mirrors numarray (though it is an incomplete implementation)

 numerix
 numerix/mlab
 numerix/linear_algebra
 numerix/fft
 numerix/random_array

but of course you can use 'numerix : Numeric' and still get the symbols.

pylab still imports most of the symbols from Numerix, MLab, fft, etc, but is more cautious. For names that clash with python names (min, max, sum), pylab keeps the builtins and provides the numeric versions with an a* prefix, e.g., (amin, amax, asum)