Probably is a big NO, but a possible solution is place the costly import in the code what need it..... Then will be executed only if the coded is used. Gonzalo <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:52 PM, David Farning <<a href="mailto:dfarning@gmail.com">dfarning@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Bernie Innocenti <<a href="mailto:bernie@codewiz.org">bernie@codewiz.org</a>> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 19:59 +0530, Ayush Goyal wrote: >> @@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ import os >> import tempfile >> import math >> import pango >> +import numpy > > Does Paint already use numpy elsewhere? > > If not, we should try to avoid this dependency, as numpy takes several > seconds to load on the XO-1 and also wastes a lot of memory. </div>For a bit of context.... Sugar is designed to run on low end hardware to keep hardware costs down while extending battery life. There is often a trade off between adding functionality and increasing time and/or space footprint. Thus, anything which increases footprint, 'the cost', must be justified by improving functionality, 'the benefit'. david _______________________________________________ Dextrose mailing list <a href="mailto:Dextrose@lists.sugarlabs.org">Dextrose@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose</a> </blockquote></div>