[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1899: histogramdd improperly handles empty arrays with known bins

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#1899: histogramdd improperly handles empty arrays with known bins
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 Reporter:  WeatherGod  |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  Other       |     Version:  1.6.0      
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 Subject says it all.  In particular, this impacts histogram2d.
 histogramdd appears to attempt to handle this case, but doesn't do so
 correctly.
 {{{
 >>> np.histogram2d([], [], bins=4)
 (array([ 0.,  0.]), array([ 0.  ,  0.25,  0.5 ,  0.75,  1.  ]), array([ 0.
 ,  0.25,  0.5 ,  0.75,  1.  ]))
 }}}
 The first element of the return tuple is a 1-D array with two elements.
 What is expected is a 2-D 4x4 array. Consider the following with non-empty
 inputs:
 {{{
 >>> np.histogram2d([0.3], [0.7], bins=4)
 (array([[ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.],
        [ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.],
        [ 0.,  0.,  1.,  0.],
        [ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.]]), array([-0.2 ,  0.05,  0.3 ,  0.55,  0.8 ]),
 array([ 0.2 ,  0.45,  0.7 ,  0.95,  1.2 ]))
 }}}
 For comparison, consider how histogram behaves with empty inputs:
 {{{
 >>> np.histogram([], bins=4)
 (array([0, 0, 0, 0]), array([ 0.  ,  0.25,  0.5 ,  0.75,  1.  ]))
 }}}

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