On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Julian Taylor <jtaylor.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > looking at https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/4857 I noticed that > np.zeros of a structured array of array of objects only initializes the > first element of if the embedded array to zero and leaves the rest None: > > In [1]: a = numpy.zeros(10, dtype=[('multiple objects', object, 2)]); a > Out[1]: > array([([0, None],), ([0, None],), ([0, None],), ([0, None],), > ([0, None],), ([0, None],), ([0, None],), ([0, None],), > ([0, None],), ([0, None],)], > dtype=[('multiple objects', 'O', (2,))]) > > > Is this the intented behavior? I would have expected all fields to be > set to an int-object 0. > If not can we change it or is it too likely people rely on this behavior?
Looks like a bug to me, and I can't off-hand think of any reason why anyone would be relying on this... I vote that unless someone speaks up we just fix it. If it really does break anything then we can always catch that in beta... -- Nathaniel J. Smith Postdoctoral researcher - Informatics - University of Edinburgh http://vorpus.org _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
