Improvements to import time

numexpr/__init__.py

@@ -28,12 +28,8 @@
 else:
     use_vml = False
 
-from cpuinfo import cpu
-
-if cpu.is_AMD() or cpu.is_Intel():
-    is_cpu_amd_intel = True
-else:
-    is_cpu_amd_intel = False
+# cpuinfo imports were moved into the test submodule function that calls them 
+# to improve import times.
 
 import os, os.path
 import platform

numexpr/expressions.py

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 import threading
 
 import numpy
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
-_np_version = parse_version(numpy.__version__)
+# numpy's behavoir sometimes changes with versioning, especially in regard as 
+# to when ints are cast to floats.
+# _np_version will be similar to ('1', '13', '1') for which we can use simple comparisons
+_np_version = tuple( ver for ver in numpy.__version__.split('.') )
 
 # Declare a double type that does not exist in Python space
 double = numpy.double
@@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ def rtruediv_op(a, b):
 
 @ophelper
 def pow_op(a, b):
-    if (_np_version >= parse_version('1.12.0b1') and
+    if (_np_version >= ('1', '12', '0b1') and
         b.astKind in ('int', 'long') and
         a.astKind in ('int', 'long') and
         numpy.any(b.value < 0)):

numexpr/necompiler.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 import numpy
 import threading
 
-from numexpr import interpreter, expressions, use_vml, is_cpu_amd_intel
+# from numexpr import interpreter, expressions, use_vml, is_cpu_amd_intel
+from numexpr import interpreter, expressions, use_vml
 from numexpr.utils import CacheDict
 
 # Declare a double type that does not exist in Python space

numexpr/tests/test_numexpr.py

@@ -1006,6 +1006,13 @@ def test_multiprocess(self):
 def print_versions():
     """Print the versions of software that numexpr relies on."""
     from pkg_resources import parse_version
+    from numexpr.cpuinfo import cpu
+
+    if cpu.is_AMD() or cpu.is_Intel():
+        is_cpu_amd_intel = True
+    else:
+        is_cpu_amd_intel = False
+
     if parse_version(np.__version__) < parse_version(minimum_numpy_version):
         print("*Warning*: NumPy version is lower than recommended: %s < %s" % \
               (np.__version__, minimum_numpy_version))
@@ -1016,7 +1023,7 @@ def print_versions():
     if os.name == 'posix':
         (sysname, nodename, release, version, machine) = os.uname()
         print('Platform:          %s-%s' % (sys.platform, machine))
-    print("AMD/Intel CPU?     %s" % numexpr.is_cpu_amd_intel)
+    print("AMD/Intel CPU?     %s" % is_cpu_amd_intel)
     print("VML available?     %s" % use_vml)
     if use_vml:
         print("VML/MKL version:   %s" % numexpr.get_vml_version())