Quickstart first example doesn't work as described

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Quickstart first example doesn't work as described

[esc]

Also, it should perhaps be Int not int:

In [5]: ds = dshape('2, 2, int')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-813d8219d63f> in <module>()
----> 1 ds = dshape('2, 2, int')

/home/esc/git-working/blaze/blaze/datashape/__init__.pyc in dshape(o)
      8 def dshape(o):
      9     if isinstance(o, str):
---> 10         return parser.parse(o)
     11     elif isinstance(o, DataShape):
     12         return o

/home/esc/git-working/blaze/blaze/datashape/parser.pyc in parse(pattern)
    415     #       to trigger a re-creation of the parser.
    416     parser = load_parser(False)
--> 417     ds = parser(pattern)
    418 
    419     # Just take the type from "type X = Y" statements

/home/esc/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ply/yacc.pyc in parse(self, input, lexer, debug, tracking, tokenfunc)
    263             return self.parseopt(input,lexer,debug,tracking,tokenfunc)
    264         else:
--> 265             return self.parseopt_notrack(input,lexer,debug,tracking,tokenfunc)
    266 
    267 

/home/esc/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ply/yacc.pyc in parseopt_notrack(self, input, lexer, debug, tracking, tokenfunc)
    969                             del symstack[-plen:]
    970                             del statestack[-plen:]
--> 971                             p.callable(pslice)
    972                             symstack.append(sym)
    973                             state = goto[statestack[-1]][pname]

/home/esc/git-working/blaze/blaze/datashape/parser.pyc in p_rhs_expression_list__bit(p)
    239 def p_rhs_expression_list__bit(p):
    240     '''rhs_expression_list : BIT'''
--> 241     p[0] = (T.Type._registry[p[1]],)
    242 
    243 def p_rhs_expression_list__name(p):

KeyError: 'int'
In [6]: ds = dshape('2, 2, Int')

In [7]: ds
Out[7]: dshape("2, 2, Int")

[esc]

Delay that order:

In [13]: ds
Out[13]: dshape("2, 2, Int")

In [14]: a = Array([1, 2, 3, 4], ds)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NotNumpyCompatible                        Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-14-0aecd0842e96> in <module>()
----> 1 a = Array([1, 2, 3, 4], ds)

/home/esc/git-working/blaze/blaze/table.pyc in __init__(self, obj, dshape, metadata, layout, params)
    177                                      params=params)
    178         else:
--> 179             self.data = CArraySource(obj, dshape=dshape, params=params)
    180 
    181         # children graph nodes

/home/esc/git-working/blaze/blaze/sources/chunked.pyc in __init__(self, data, dshape, params)
     61 
     62         if dshape:
---> 63             shape, dtype = to_numpy(dshape)
     64             self.ca = carray.carray(data, dtype=dtype, rootdir=rootdir, cparams=cparams)
     65             self.dshape = dshape

/home/esc/git-working/blaze/blaze/datashape/coretypes.pyc in to_numpy(ds)
    918         dtype = msr.to_dtype()
    919     else:
--> 920         raise NotNumpyCompatible('Datashape measure %s is not NumPy-compatible' % dim)
    921 
    922     if type(dtype) != np.dtype:

NotNumpyCompatible: Datashape measure 2 is not NumPy-compatible

[goog]

err: Constructing a blaze array directly requires a data descriptor, not type <type 'list'>
the document under the docs directory is fresh and useful.

[aterrel]

This has been fixed.