Re: [Numpy-discussion] A savespace bug, perhaps?

[Travis O. <oli...@ie...>]

On Fri, 03 Aug 2001, Nathaniel Gray wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm using Python 2.1.1 and Numpy 20.1.0  This seems to be a problem:
>
> Python 2.1.1 (#2, Jul 31 2001, 14:10:42)
> [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Linux-Mandrake 8.0 2.96-0.48mdk)] on linux2
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
> >>> from Numeric import *
> >>> from MLab import zeros
> >>> joe = zeros(3,'l',1)
> >>> fred = array([1,2,3],'l')
> >>> joe += fred
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: return array has incorrect type
>
> This fails whether or not fred has the spacesaver flag set.
>
> This, however, works fine:
> >>> joe = zeros(3, 'l')
> >>> fred = array([1,2,3], 'l')
> >>> joe += fred
> >>> joe
>
> array([1, 2, 3])
>
> Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
>
> Please CC to me since I'm not subscribed to the list.
> Thanks a lot!
> -Nathan

Thanks for the bug report, Nathan. 

It was indeed a bug, which I hope has now been squashed in the latest CVS 
version of Numeric.  

Thanks for your help.

Travis