[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #469: Memory error: string concatenation

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#469: Memory error: string concatenation
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 Reporter:  stefan      |       Owner:  oliphant
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:          
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  devel   
 Severity:  normal      |    Keywords:          
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 With r3580, the following code produces a memory error:

 {{{
 import numpy as N
 x = N.array([])
 N.append(x,'asdasd\tasdasd')
 }}}

 Valgrind says:

 {{{
 ==9184== Invalid write of size 1
 ==9184==    at 0x4022CE2: memcpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:405)
 ==9184==    by 0x463D5E4: PyArray_Concatenate (multiarraymodule.c:1596)
 ==9184==    by 0x463D71E: array_concatenate (multiarraymodule.c:6277)
 ==9184==    by 0x805A0B6: PyObject_Call (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80BE4E9: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C37F4: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C183D: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C37F4: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C3866: PyEval_EvalCode (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80E2EEB: PyRun_FileExFlags (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==  Address 0x43FCFE1 is 1 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
 ==9184==    at 0x4021396: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
 ==9184==    by 0x4629CD4: PyArray_NewFromDescr (arrayobject.c:5386)
 ==9184==    by 0x463D56B: PyArray_Concatenate (multiarraymodule.c:1584)
 ==9184==    by 0x463D71E: array_concatenate (multiarraymodule.c:6277)
 ==9184==    by 0x805A0B6: PyObject_Call (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80BE4E9: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C37F4: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C183D: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C37F4: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 ==9184==    by 0x80C3866: PyEval_EvalCode (in /usr/bin/python2.5)
 }}}

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