[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #390: repr() on recarray failure

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#390: repr() on recarray failure
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 Reporter:  AndrewStraw  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:          
Component:  Other        |     Version:          
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:          
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 The script

 {{{
 import numpy

 a= numpy.rec.array([ (1, 2, 3)],dtype=[('a', numpy.int8),
                                        ('b', numpy.int8),
                                        ('c', numpy.int8)])

 x=repr(a)

 from numpy import *
 eval(x)
 }}}

 results in

 {{{
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "NUMPY_RECARRAY_BUG.py", line 10, in ?
     eval(x)
   File "<string>", line 2, in ?
   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/records.py", line 181,
 in __new__
     self = ndarray.__new__(subtype, shape, (record, descr))
 TypeError: an integer is required
 }}}

 Adding {{{x = x.replace('recarray','rec.array')}}} before eval() stops the
 exception. I think this illustrates that rec.array's {{{__repr__()}}}
 should print 'rec.array' rather than 'recarray'. However, I'm no recarray
 expert...

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