[Numpy-discussion] Documentation for dtypes with named fields

[Sam Tygier]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Skipper Seabold <jsseabold@gmail.com> wrote:
>> so i always get the vales back in the original order. is the by design, or a bug?
>>
>
> I've been bitten by this before too and asked the same question with
> no response.  I think it's just a limitation of the design of
> structured arrays.

i had a hunt for the code. and it seems easy to fix.
its in numpy/core/_internal.py:301

--- numpy/core/_internal.py     2010-03-16 16:01:28.000000000 +0000
+++ numpy/core/_internal.py.old 2010-03-16 16:00:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 def _index_fields(ary, fields):
     from multiarray import empty, dtype
     dt = ary.dtype
-    new_dtype = [(name, dt[name]) for name in fields if name in dt.names]
+    new_dtype = [(name, dt[name]) for name in dt.names if name in fields]
     if ary.flags.f_contiguous:
         order = 'F'
     else: