[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1699: Failure assigning ctypes arrays to numpy arrays of size 1 on Py3

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#1699: Failure assigning ctypes arrays to numpy arrays of size 1 on Py3
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 Reporter:  ulfw                         |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core                   |     Version:  1.5.0      
 Keywords:  array size slice assignment  |  
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Comment(by pv):

 The problem is this:
 {{{
 >>> import ctypes
 >>> x = (ctypes.c_double*1)()
 >>> y = memoryview(x)
 >>> y.shape
 (1,)
 >>> y.format
 '(1)<d'
 >>> import ctypes
 >>> x = (ctypes.c_double*2)()
 >>> y = memoryview(x)
 >>> y.shape
 (2,)
 >>> y.format
 '(2)<d'
 }}}
 It's a bug in `ctypes` on Python 3.

 In contrast to this:
 {{{
 >>> import numpy as np
 >>> x = numpy.array([1], dtype=float)
 >>> y = memoryview(x)
 >>> y.shape
 (1,)
 >>> y.format
 'd'
 }}}

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