[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1910: Check buffer bounds in ndarray creation

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#1910: Check buffer bounds in ndarray creation
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 Reporter:  pv          |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  low         |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  1.6.0      
 Keywords:              |  
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 Forwarded from Stefan Krah:

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 With a recent NumPy clone + Python3.3, I get this invalid access:
 {{{
 Python 3.3.0a0 (default:1dd6908df8f5, Jul 16 2011, 11:16:00)
 [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> from numpy import *
 >>> x = ndarray(buffer=bytearray([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]), shape=[2,3],
 strides=[-3, -2], dtype="B", offset=5)
 >>> x
 array([[  6,   4,   2],
        [  3,   1, 251]], dtype='uint8')
 >>> x[1][2]
 251
 >>>
 }}}
 I think NumPy should probably refuse to create such an array, like here:
 {{{
 >>> x = ndarray(buffer=bytearray([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]), shape=[2,3],
 strides=[-3, -2], dtype="B", offset=0)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 ValueError: strides is incompatible with shape of requested array and size
 of buffer
 }}}

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