[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1936: loadtxt with nested dtype fails with "ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence"

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#1936: loadtxt with nested dtype fails with "ValueError: setting an array element
with a sequence"
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 Reporter:  gerrit  |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  Other   |     Version:  devel      
 Keywords:          |  
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 I'm sure this used to work. It also works for someone else on IRC.

 {{{
 $ python
 Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 16:22:56)
 [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> from numpy import loadtxt, uint8
 >>> from StringIO import StringIO
 >>> from numpy.version import version
 >>> print version
 2.0.0.dev-5cf0a07
 >>> loadtxt(StringIO("0 1 2 3"), dtype=[("a", uint8, 2), ("b", uint8, 2)])
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "/storage4/home/gerrit/.local/lib/python2.6/site-
 packages/numpy/lib/npyio.py", line 806, in loadtxt
     X = np.array(X, dtype)
 ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.
 >>> loadtxt(StringIO("0 1 2 3"), dtype=[("a", uint8, 4)])
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "/storage4/home/gerrit/.local/lib/python2.6/site-
 packages/numpy/lib/npyio.py", line 806, in loadtxt
     X = np.array(X, dtype)
 ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.
 }}}

 What's going on here?

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