[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1689: fromstring segfaults if reading from text and dtype=bool_

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#1689: fromstring segfaults if reading from text and dtype=bool_
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 Reporter:  gerrit  |       Owner:  somebody    
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  2.0.0       
Component:  Other   |     Version:  devel       
 Keywords:          |  
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Changes (by jpeel):

  * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 This was occurring because the bool_ dtype had the fromstr function
 defined as NULL. I made it do roughly the same thing as the BOOL_scan
 function for reading from a file, except that I made handle doubles as
 well which fromfile currently can't with dtype=bool_. I'll open that as a
 separate ticket, if there isn't one already, and change it to also be able
 to handle doubles rather than just integers.

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