[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #617: numpy.random.randint error with negative numbers

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#617: numpy.random.randint error with negative numbers
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 Reporter:  fawzi         |       Owner:  somebody      
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  1.0.5         
Component:  numpy.random  |     Version:  none          
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  64bit typecast
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 import numpy.random

 print repr(numpy.random.randint(-3,-1))

 will print a large positive number (as 4294967293L)

 obviously negative 32 bit number interpreted as a positive 64bit number.

 >>> numpy.version.version
 '1.0.3.1'
 Python 2.5 (r25:51918, Sep 19 2006, 08:49:13)
 [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)] on darwin
 MacOSX 10.4.10
 Intel Core 2 Duo

 Fawzi

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