Warnings in the console with the Brain2 library

[winterdrops]

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Problem Description

Hi dear Spyder users,
Whenever I run a code in Spyder ide, I get the warning below. It doesn't matter whether I use Brian2 library or another, I constantly get this error. Pls help me, it is very annoying.

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

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Output from spyder call 'get_namespace_view':
WARNING    Active device does not have an attribute 'size', ignoring this. [brian2.devices.device]
WARNING    Active device does not have an attribute 'size', ignoring this. [brian2.devices.device]

Output from spyder call 'get_var_properties':
WARNING    Active device does not have an attribute 'size', ignoring this. [brian2.devices.device]
WARNING    Active device does not have an attribute 'size', ignoring this. [brian2.devices.device]

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.4.3
• Python version: 3.9
• Qt version:
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• Operating System name/version: Windows 10 pro

Dependencies

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[jmrfox]

Hi I have this issue as well. These messages are produced by brian's utils.logger which reads from core.preferences. However I am not sure how to go about hiding the message. I do not want to turn off all of brian's error messages.
Did you ever figure this out?

[ccordoba12]

Thanks for letting us know about it @jmrfox and sorry for the late reply @winterdrops. We'll try to fix this in Spyder 6, to be released in a couple of months or less.