[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1607: numpy.genfromtxt() with Python 3.1.2 fails

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#1607: numpy.genfromtxt() with Python 3.1.2 fails
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 Reporter:  magiclamp   |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  2.0.0   
Component:  Other       |     Version:  1.5.0   
 Keywords:  genfromtxt  |  
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 Hello:

 genfromtxt() fails with the following TypeError.

 Thanks for the nice package!

 [search_dist][10273] > cat z.dat

 0.01604 0.02668         0.03254 0.03254         0.15647 0.20313
 0.02214 0.02214

 [search_dist][10274] > python

 Python 3.1.2 (r312:79147, Sep  2 2010, 17:16:43)

 [GCC 4.5.0] on linux2

 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

 >>> import numpy

 >>> numpy.version.version

 '1.5.0'

 >>> numpy.genfromtxt('z.dat')

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "/usr/intel/pkgs/python/3.1.2/lib/python3.1/site-
 packages/numpy/lib/npyio.py", line 1126, in genfromtxt
     first_values = split_line(first_line)
   File "/usr/intel/pkgs/python/3.1.2/lib/python3.1/site-
 packages/numpy/lib/_iotools.py", line 206, in _delimited_splitter
     line = line.split(self.comments)[0].strip(asbytes(" \r\n"))
 TypeError: Can't convert 'bytes' object to str implicitly

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