[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1535: numpy.random.permutations fails for non-integer arguments

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#1535: numpy.random.permutations fails for non-integer arguments
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 Reporter:  robince                 |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  2.0.0   
Component:  numpy.random            |     Version:          
 Keywords:  permutation long 64bit  |  
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Changes (by vincentdavis):

 * cc: vincent@… (added)


Comment:

 np.random.permutation(num) It appears that num needs to be an integer (not
 converted from float), in the case of the X.shape[0]
 I think this is because numpy does not have a dtype "long" rather it is an
 object.
 Also if type(num)='Long' than np.random.permutation(num) fails


 {{{
 >>> x = 10000000000000000000
 >>> type(x)
 <type 'long'>
 >>> np.random.permutation(x)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "mtrand.pyx", line 4233, in mtrand.RandomState.permutation
 (build/scons/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.c:18875)
   File "mtrand.pyx", line 4176, in mtrand.RandomState.shuffle
 (build/scons/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.c:18466)
 TypeError: len() of unsized object
 }}}


 But these errors are different than just choosing too large int, in that
 case the error is

 {{{
 >>> x = 1000000000000000000
 >>> type(x)
 <type 'int'>
 >>> np.random.permutation(x)
 Python(9434) malloc: *** mmap(size=8000000000000000000) failed (error
 code=12)
 *** error: can't allocate region
 *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "mtrand.pyx", line 4230, in mtrand.RandomState.permutation
 (build/scons/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.c:18823)
 MemoryError
 }}}



 {{{
 >>> x = np.array([1,2,3], dtype=float)
 >>> np.random.permutation(x[1])
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "mtrand.pyx", line 4233, in mtrand.RandomState.permutation
 (build/scons/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.c:18875)
   File "mtrand.pyx", line 4176, in mtrand.RandomState.shuffle
 (build/scons/numpy/random/mtrand/mtrand.c:18466)
 TypeError: len() of unsized object


 }}}

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