[Numpy-discussion] doctest improvements patch (and possible regressions)

[Michael Droettboom]

Paul Ivanov wrote:
> I marked up suspicious differences with XXX, since I don't know if
> they're significant. In particular:
>  - shortening a defchararray by strip does not change it's dtype to a
> shorter one (apparently it used to?)
Yes.  The new behavior is to return a string array with the same 
itemsize as the input array.  That's primarily just the result of the 
new implementation rather than a thought out change, though.

Sorry, just commenting on the parts I feel competent in :)  But I think 
this is a great improvement.  It would be nice to start doing doctests 
as a matter of course to keep the docs accurate.

Mike

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Michael Droettboom
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Space Telescope Science Institute
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