[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1904: ndarray derived classes: inconsistent return type of min()

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#1904: ndarray derived classes: inconsistent return type of min()
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 Reporter:  cstraehl    |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  1.6.0      
 Keywords:              |  
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Comment(by hans.meine):

 The example code misses the actual calls to a1.min() and a2.min() in
 the assertion:

 {{{
 import numpy

 class Test(numpy.ndarray):
    pass

 a1 = numpy.ndarray((1,))
 a2 = Test((1,))

 assert type(a1.min()) == type(a2.min()), \
  "%s != %s" % (type(a1.min()), type(a2.min()))
 }}}

 This code fails with 1.6.0, while it worked in 1.3.0.

 I tend to think that this is a bug (after all, a1.min() does not return
 ndarray, but an array scalar), but maybe there is also a good reason for
 this
 (for us, unexpected) behavor change and a nice solution?

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