[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1590: complex array to scalar conversion fails

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#1590: complex array to scalar conversion fails
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 Reporter:  drizzd  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  2.0.0   
Component:  Other   |     Version:  1.3.0   
 Keywords:          |  
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 While float(array([1])) returns 1.0 as expected, complex(array([1j]))
 throws

  TypeError: can't convert complex to float

 I expected it to succeed and return 1.0j.

 I suspect this is the same error triggered by the following code.

  a = zeros(2, complex)
  b = ones(1) * 1j
  a[0] = b

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