[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #254: ma & numpy arithmetic not commutative

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#254: ma & numpy arithmetic not commutative
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 Reporter:  guyer   |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:          
Component:  Other   |     Version:          
 Severity:  normal  |    Keywords:          
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 >>> numpy.__version__
 '1.0b3.dev3032'
 >>> import numpy
 >>> from numpy.core import ma
 >>> a = ma.zeros((4,1))
 >>> a[2,0] = ma.masked
 >>> b = numpy.zeros((4,2))
 >>> a * b
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
   File
 "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3
 /site-packages/numpy/core/ma.py", line 944, in __mul__
     return multiply(self, other)
   File
 "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3
 /site-packages/numpy/core/ma.py", line 379, in __call__
     return masked_array(result, m)
   File
 "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3
 /site-packages/numpy/core/ma.py", line 1601, in masked_array
     return array(a, mask=mask, copy=0, fill_value=fill_value)
   File
 "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3
 /site-packages/numpy/core/ma.py", line 588, in __init__
     raise MAError, "Mask and data not compatible."
 numpy.core.ma.MAError: Mask and data not compatible.
 >>> b * a
 array(data =
  [[  0.00000000e+00   0.00000000e+00]
  [  0.00000000e+00   0.00000000e+00]
  [  1.00000000e+20   1.00000000e+20]
  [  0.00000000e+00   0.00000000e+00]],
       mask =
  [[False False]
  [False False]
  [True True]
  [False False]],
       fill_value=1e+20)

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