[Numpy-discussion] numpy 24.x on 64-bit Athlon

[Travis Oliphant]

Darren Dale wrote:

>I just built Numeric 24.0 and 24.1 against ATLAS on a 64 bit athlon system. I 
>get the following error for both packages.
>
>python test.py
>........E....................................
>======================================================================
>ERROR: Test the diagonal function.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "test.py", line 584, in testDiagonal
>    assert_eq(Numeric.diagonal(c,1), [[2,7,4], [2,7,4]])
>  File "test.py", line 28, in assert_eq
>    assert eq(a,b)
>  File "test.py", line 23, in eq
>    raise ValueError("sequences have different shapes:\na%s=%r\nb%s=%r" %
>ValueError: sequences have different shapes:
>a(4, 2)=array([[5, 1],
>       [6, 2],
>       [7, 3],
>       [8, 4]])
>b(2, 3)=[[2, 7, 4], [2, 7, 4]]
>  
>
This error is a test problem not worth bothering with.   The (>2d) 
diagonal function was always broken under Numeric.   It was changed a 
while ago.  The test is broken, but this doesn't mean anything is wrong 
with Numeric.

>I also get the following error when I run newscipy's test(5,10):
>
>bench_random (scipy.fftpack.basic.test_basic.test_fft)
>                 Fast Fourier Transform
>=================================================
>      |    real input     |   complex input
>-------------------------------------------------
> size |  scipy  | Numeric |  scipy  | Numeric
>-------------------------------------------------
>  
>
>  100 |    0.10Segmentation fault
>  
>

Curious.  Did you rebuild scipy completely? 

-Travis