[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1798: Type promotion rules regression

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#1798: Type promotion rules regression
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 Reporter:  mwiebe      |       Owner:  mwiebe
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  highest     |   Milestone:  1.6.0 
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  devel 
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Comment(by charris):

 I don't think the conversion should depend on the size. The old numpy
 behavior for scalars was python int -> long (or was it long long, I need
 to check), python float -> double, python complex -> complex128, other
 types were achieved by explicit casts, i.e., np.int8(5).

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