[Numpy-discussion] numarray-1.4.0 string-array comparisons problem

[John A Chaves]

After installing numarray-1.4.0, I get a Segmentation fault when comparing
two instances of the same string-array.  For example:

	from numarray.strings import asarray

	for x in range(1000,1000000,1000):
	  print x
	  raw = ['abcde']*x
	  arr = asarray(raw)
	  arr == arr

gives:

	1000
	2000
	3000
	4000
	5000
	6000
	Segmentation fault

I verified that this works correctly in numarray-1.3.3.  Also, the problem
can be avoided in 1.4.0 by replacing 'arr == arr' with 'arr = arr.copy()'.

Can anyone else reproduce this, or is a problem with my environment?

Thanks,
John