Merge pull request numpy#7956 from rgommers/numpysetup

BLD: remove __NUMPY_SETUP__ from builtins at end of setup.py
tacaswell · Sep 3, 2016 · a08ed82 · a08ed82
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -388,3 +388,8 @@ def setup_package():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup_package()
+    # This may avoid problems where numpy is installed via ``*_requires`` by
+    # setuptools, the global namespace isn't reset properly, and then numpy is
+    # imported later (which will then fail to load numpy extension modules).
+    # See gh-7956 for details
+    del builtins.__NUMPY_SETUP__