[Numpy-discussion] Structured array with no fields - possible?

[David Cournapeau]

Hi Matthew,

Matthew Brett wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to fix a bug in the scipy matlab loading routines, and this
> requires me to somehow represent an empty structured array.
>   

Do you need the struct to be empty (size is 0) or to have no fields ?
What would you expect np.zeros((), dtype=np.dtype([])) to return, for
example ?

cheers,

David