ó ‹²,]c@shdZy)ddlmZddlZee_Wn2ek rcddlZddlZee_nXdS(sM Patching PIL (Python Imaging Library) to avoid triggering the error: AccessInit: hash collision: 3 for both 1 and 1 This error is occuring because of a bug in the PIL import mechanism. How to reproduce this bug in a standard Python interpreter outside Spyder? By importing PIL by two different mechanisms Example on Windows: =============================================================================== C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages>python Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import Image >>> from PIL import Image AccessInit: hash collision: 3 for both 1 and 1 =============================================================================== Another example on Windows (actually that's the same, but this is the exact case encountered with Spyder when the global working directory is the site-packages directory): =============================================================================== C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages>python Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy >>> from pylab import * AccessInit: hash collision: 3 for both 1 and 1 =============================================================================== The solution to this fix is the following patch: =============================================================================== C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages>python Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win 32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import Image >>> import PIL >>> PIL.Image = Image >>> from PIL import Image >>> =============================================================================== iÿÿÿÿ(tImageN(t__doc__tPILRt ImportError(((s/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spyder/pil_patch.pyt2s