[Numpy-discussion] bug report ?

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Revaz Yves wrote:
> Matthieu Brucher wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> What type is pos->dimensions in your case ? It may be long (64bits 
>> long) instead of the expected int (32bits) or something like that ?
>>
>>     
> yes,
> pos->dimensions is a 64bits long
> while PyArray_FromDims expects 32bits int.
>
> Why is it so ?
>   
PyArray_FromDims is backward compatible Numeric API which did not 
support 64-bit correctly.

PyArray_SimpleNew is the equivalent that accepts 64-bit dimensions 
information and is what you should be using.

-Travis O.