[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #482: crash on fancy indexing

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#482: crash on fancy indexing
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 Reporter:  pv          |       Owner:  somebody      
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:                
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  1.0.1         
 Severity:  major       |    Keywords:  indexing crash
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 The following code crashes, but not always: (on numpy 1.0.1)
 {{{
 import numpy as N

 A = N.zeros((800, 7, 8))
 B = N.zeros((6,6)) + 1

 print N.__version__, N.__file__

 for i in xrange(800):
     A[N.ix_([i], [0,1,2,3,5,6], [0,1,2,3,4,5])] = B # crash here

 print "no crash"
 }}}

 It's probably a "non-local" error, since puzzling things happen
 {{{
 $ echo x${PYTHONPATH}x
 xx
 $ python2.4 xxx.py
 1.0.1 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/__init__.pyc
 no crash
 $ PYTHONPATH=this-path-doesnt-exist python2.4 xxx.py
 1.0.1 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/__init__.pyc
 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 $ PYTHONPATH= python2.4 xxx.py
 1.0.1 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/__init__.pyc
 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 }}}
 There are no lurking numpy installations or source dirs, only the one in
 /usr. I have been able to reproduce this on different machines (different
 gcc, processors, and build options). Also, although this crashes on
 python2.4, there is no crash on python2.5.

 Stack trace & some debug info attached.

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