[Numpy-discussion] upcast

[Lars Friedrich]

Hello,

I would like to discuss the following code:

#***start***
import numpy as N

a = N.array((200), dtype = N.uint8)
print (a * 100) / 100

b = N.array((200, 200), dtype = N.uint8)
print (b * 100) / 100
#***stop***

The first print statement will print "200" because the uint8-value is
cast "upwards", I suppose. The second statement prints "[0 0]". I
suppose this is due to overflows during the calculation.

How can I tell numpy to do the upcast also in the second case, returning
"[200 200]"? I am interested in the fastest solution regarding execution
time. In my application I would like to store the result in an
Numeric.UInt8-array.

Thanks for every comment

Lars