[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #799: Segfault when subclassing numpy.float64 with multiple inheritance

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#799: Segfault when subclassing numpy.float64 with multiple inheritance
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 Reporter:  ReinderKamphorst  |       Owner:  cdavid     
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  low               |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core        |     Version:  devel      
 Keywords:                    |  
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Changes (by pv):

  * priority:  normal => low
  * status:  accepted => new
  * version:  none => devel
  * milestone:  => Unscheduled


Comment:

 This is in principle straightforward to fix:

 http://github.com/pv/numpy-work/compare/1.5.x...bug%2F799-array-scalar-
 subclassing

 However, it opens a can of worms -- several of the `gentype_*` routines
 determine the array scalar dtype via `PyArray_DescrFromScalar`, which
 seems to get things wrong for subclassed types. And this causes crashes.

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