[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1332: set_fill_value does not work properly for masked structured array

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#1332: set_fill_value does not work properly for masked structured array
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  Reporter:  robitaille  |       Owner:  pierregm
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  high        |   Milestone:          
 Component:  numpy.ma    |     Version:  devel   
Resolution:              |    Keywords:          
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Comment(by pierregm):

 Good call! Should be fixed in r8094
 FYI, {{{ma.empty}}} bypasses {{{MaskedArray.__new__}}}, so
 {{{b._fill_value}}} defaulted to None. In that case, any modification to
 the {{{fill_value}}} of an individual field could not propagate to the
 array. When you called {{{repr(b)}}}, you actually set {{{_fill_value}}}
 to something other than None (the default filling value defined from the
 dtype), and then propagation worked.
 Now, the {{{_fill_value}}} of structured masked arrays is checked in
 {{{__array_finalize}}}

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