[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #988: Concatenate with sequence that contains empty sequences.

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#988: Concatenate with sequence that contains empty sequences.
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 Reporter:  kelson  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  1.3.0   
Component:  Other   |     Version:  none    
 Severity:  normal  |    Keywords:          
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 Howdy,

 After searching for this defect, perhaps nobody else has been bothered
 by this behaviour, but has anybody else noticed:

 {{{
 concatenate ( [[1],[2],[3],[4]] ).dtype = int32

 concatenate ( [[1],[2],[3],[]] ).dtype = int32

 concatenate ( [[],[2],[3],[4]] ).dtype = float64
 }}}

 I have a lot of old-style Numeric stuff that likes to concatenate lists
 of indices which then were used with take [which does not like floats]. So
 below [in theory] I attach my attempt at a patch so that empty items in
 the sequence are
 not used to influence the common type that is used by
 PyArray_ConvertToCommonType.

 Maybe it is of some value, or maybe I didn't do this in a kosher manner
 and
 someone else has an idea of where things should be rethought for this
 defect?

 Cheerio.

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