[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1116: Fromstring returns wrong result for empty text strings.

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#1116: Fromstring returns wrong result for empty text strings.
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 Reporter:  charris                    |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect                     |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core                 |     Version:             
 Keywords:  fromstring malformed data  |  
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Changes (by mwiebe):

  * milestone:  1.5.1 => Unscheduled


Comment:

 fromstring("", sep=" ") segfaults for me in the latest 1.6 beta.

 I think this function should be deprecated or its behavior changed. A
 function called "fromstring" shouldn't do binary data, that's what
 "frombuffer" or "frombinary" should be for. Especially in Py3 where
 strings are always unicode text data.

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