[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1623: Masked array equivalent append function

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#1623: Masked array equivalent append function
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 Reporter:  gsever       |       Owner:  pierregm
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.0.0   
Component:  numpy.ma     |     Version:  1.5.0   
 Keywords:               |  
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 Current np.append implementation can't handle masked array appending.

 {{{
 I[1]: a = np.ma.masked_equal([1,2,3], value=2)

 I[2]: b = np.ma.masked_equal([4,3,2], value=2)

 I[3]: np.append(a,b)
 O[3]:
 masked_array(data = [1 2 3 4 3 2],
              mask = False,
        fill_value = 999999)

 }}}

 It would be nice to have np.ma.append() to operate on masked arrays
 properly. The desired output from that given piece would be:

 {{{
 np.ma.append(a,b)
 masked_array(data = [1 -- 3 4 3 --],
              mask = [False, True, False, False, False, True],
        fill_value = 999999)

 }}}

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