type error when using sympy – fixed by converting to float

[bastien]

Hi,

After struggling for a bit to find out why things didn’t work, I realized that nazca doesn’t play well with sympy. Is there a way to fix that in a future release? Here’s a toy example to demonstrate the problem:

import nazca as nd
from sympy import symbols, Eq, solve

x, y = symbols('x y', positive=True)
area = 4.7
eq1 = Eq(x*y, area)
eq2 = Eq(x, y)
sol = solve((eq1, eq2), (x, y))[0]
x0 = sol[0]
y0 = sol[1]
print(type(x0))  # sympy.core.numbers.Float
# Instantiation raises a TypeError if using sympy numbers
# uncomment these lines to convert sympy numbers to float
# Note that I had to restart the kernel of my jupyter notebook after trying to instantiate a cell with sympy numbers
# If I don't restart the kernel, I get an IndexError
# x0 = float(x0)
# y0 = float(y0)
# print(type(x0))
nd.strt(length=x0, width=y0, layer=1).put()
nd.export_plt()

[Xaveer]

Dear Bastien,

What is the error you get? When I run it the error comes from matplotlib, not from Nazca.
If I replace export_plt() with export_gds() it runs fine.

Xaveer

Nazca 0.5.12, Matplotlib 3.3.2, Python 3.8.6. Error messsage:

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 321, in __init__
    if not np.isfinite(figsize).all() or (np.array(figsize) < 0).any():
TypeError: ufunc 'isfinite' not supported for the input types, and the inputs could not
be safely coerced to any supported types according to the casting rule ''safe''

[bastien]

Dear Xaveer,

Thank you for your answer. I get the same error message (using Nazca 0.5.12, Matplotlib 3.2.2, Python 3.7.3). I came across that error in a more complex code and wrongly identified the faulty line. It looks like the error is indeed coming from matplotlib (no error with export to gds) and not from the instantiation; sorry for the confusion. I guess the take home message is that one should be careful when using sympy types…

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