On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett@gmail.com> wrote: > In [4]: np.array([2.1], dtype=np.longlong) > Out[4]: array([2], dtype=int64) Maybe just a typo: In [3]: np.array([2.1], dtype=np.longfloat) Out[3]: array([ 2.1], dtype=float128) Stéfan