[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #321: Semantic difference in formats and dtype parameters in rec.fromarrays

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#321: Semantic difference in formats and dtype parameters in rec.fromarrays
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 Reporter:  faltet  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:          
Component:  Other   |     Version:          
 Severity:  normal  |    Keywords:          
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 Maybe this happens in other contexts as well, but I noticed it first in
 rec.fromarrays:

 {{{
 In [26]:numpy.rec.fromarrays([[[0,1],[1,2]]], formats="(2,)i4")
 Out[26]:
 recarray([(array([0, 1]),), (array([1, 2]),)],
       dtype=[('f1', '<i4', (2,))])
 # Fine, but...
 In [27]:numpy.rec.fromarrays([[[0,1],[1,2]]], dtype="(2,)i4")
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 exceptions.ValueError                                Traceback (most
 recent call last)

 /home/faltet/python.nobackup/numpy/<ipython console>

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/records.py in
 fromarrays(arrayList, dtype, shape, formats, names, titles, aligned,
 byteorder)
     296     print "descr-->", descr, type(descr)
     297
 --> 298     # Determine shape from data-type.
     299     if len(descr) != len(arrayList):
     300         raise ValueError, "mismatch between the number of fields
 "\

 ValueError: mismatch between the number of fields and the number of arrays

 }}}

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