[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1645: Setting a value to an indexed array with composite dtype using where or a boolean mask silently fails

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#1645: Setting a value to an indexed array with composite dtype using where or a
boolean mask silently fails
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 Reporter:  pch     |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  2.0.0   
Component:  Other   |     Version:  1.5.0   
 Keywords:          |  
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 The following ways to set an array with composite dtype (or fwiw a
 recarray) fail. Only using a slice works correctly

 {{{
 >>> a=zeros((10,), dtype=[('f',int)])
 >>> a
 array([(0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,)],
       dtype=[('f', '<i8')])

 >>> i=array(range(10))
 >>> a[i<=5]['f'] = 1
 >>> a
 array([(0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,)],
       dtype=[('f', '<i8')])

 >>> a[where(i<=5)]['f'] = 1
 >>> a
 array([(0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,)],
       dtype=[('f', '<i8')])

 >>> a[0:5:2]['f'] = 1
 >>> a
 array([(1,), (0,), (1,), (0,), (1,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,), (0,)],
       dtype=[('f', '<i8')])

 }}}

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