[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #456: Inconsistent behaviour of representation of numpy scalar strings when NULLs exists

[NumPy]

#456: Inconsistent behaviour of representation of numpy scalar strings when NULLs
exists
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 Reporter:  faltet      |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:          
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:          
 Severity:  normal      |    Keywords:          
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 Hi,

 I think the next behaviour is somewhat inconsistent:

 {{{
 >>> numpy.array("a\x00\x0b\x0c\x00")
 array('a',
       dtype='|S5')
 }}}

 i.e. the representation of scalar strings truncates when the first NULL is
 encountered. This is not the default behaviour in Python, that accepts
 NULLs as part of the representation:

 {{{
 >>> s="a\x00b\x0c\x00"
 >>> s
 'a\x00b\x0c\x00'
 }}}

 Furthermore, it seems that some conversion methods works well in this
 case:

 {{{
 >>> numpy.array("a\x00b\x0c\x00").tostring()
 'a\x00b\x0c\x00'
 }}}

 But others seems to be broken:

 {{{
 >>> numpy.array("a\x00b\x0c\x00").item()
 'a'
 }}}

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