[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1994: Empty indices in empty arrays raise IndexError

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#1994: Empty indices in empty arrays raise IndexError
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 Reporter:  jordigh  |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  Other    |     Version:  1.6.0      
 Keywords:           |  
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 Let x be an array and consider the following expression:

 {{{
 x[:, idx]
 }}}

 This should be valid as long as all elements of idx are nonnegative
 integers less than x.shape[1], right?

 However, this is not true if, say, x.shape == (5, 0) and idx = []. The
 statement "all elements of idx are nonnegative integers less than 0" is
 still true, however this causes an error.

 Note that the following does not error out, however:

 {{{
 x = np.array([])
 x[ [] ]
 }}}

 So this looks like a bug to me. I have had independent confirmation in IRC
 of this behaviour in 1.6.1 and 1.5.0.

 The reason why I would like this fixed is that I don't want to have to
 special-case my indexing code for indexing arrays with empty dimensions
 with an empty index array. I could work around this, but I would rather
 not.

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