Re: [Numpy-discussion] lexsort in numpy crashing on strings

[Robert K. <rob...@gm...>]

Tom Denniston wrote:
> Hi, I've been using the lexsort and it is really nice.  Much simpler and 
> faster than the implementation I had before.   The only problem is it 
> seems  to crash on strings.
> 
> Do I just need to upgrade numpy or is it a current bug?

Upgrade numpy. I believe this bug has been fixed.

http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/ticket/298

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