[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #453: coercion rules for boolean arrays are broken

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#453: coercion rules for boolean arrays are broken
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 Reporter:  chanley     |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  highest     |   Milestone:          
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  devel   
 Severity:  critical    |    Keywords:          
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 In Python boolean multiplication results in the following:

 {{{
 In [1]: True * 4096
 Out[1]: 4096
 }}}

 NUMARRAY is consistent with what you get from Python:

 {{{
 In [2]: import numarray

 In [3]: a = numarray.ones(10,type=numarray.Bool)

 In [4]: print a
 [1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1]

 In [5]: a * 4096
 Out[5]: array([4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096,
 4096])
 }}}

 However, numpy gives the following results:

 {{{
 In [6]: import numpy

 In [7]: b = numpy.ones(10,dtype=numpy.bool_)

 In [8]: print b
 [ True  True  True  True  True  True  True  True  True  True]

 In [9]: b * 4096
 Out[9]: array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], dtype=int8)
 }}}

 The NUMPY coercion rules are not even self consistent.  If you extract an
 element from array b to get a rank zero array you get the same behavior as
 Python:

 {{{
 In [10]: print b[0]
 True

 In [11]: b[0] * 4096
 Out[11]: 4096
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/ticket/453>
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