[Numpy-discussion] Really strange result

[Christopher Barker]

Neal Becker wrote:
> In [3]: n=-7
> 
> In [4]: (np.linspace (0, 1023,1024).astype(np.uint64)*n).dtype
> Out[4]: dtype('float64')

what would you like (expect) to happen when you multiply an unsigned 
type by a negative number?

-Chris



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