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No,
pylabis part ofmatplotlib(inmatplotlib.pylab) and tries to give you a MatLab like environment.matplotlibhas a number of dependencies, among themnumpywhich it imports under the common aliasnp.scipyis not a dependency ofmatplotlib. -
If you run
ipython --pylaban automatic import will put all symbols frommatplotlib.pylabinto global scope. Like you wrotenumpygets imported under thenpalias. Symbols frommatplotlibare available under themplalias.