[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1755: Raise-FPE test failure on Windows

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#1755: Raise-FPE test failure on Windows
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 Reporter:  rgommers                     |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core                   |     Version:  1.5.1      
 Keywords:  power, floating point error  |  
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Changes (by rgommers):

  * milestone:  1.6.0 => Unscheduled


Comment:

 The same happens on OS X 10.5 PPC:
 {{{
 ======================================================================
 FAIL: Test basic arithmetic function errors
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/testing/decorators.py",
 line 216, in knownfailer
     return f(*args, **kwargs)
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/
 test_numeric.py", line 352, in test_floating_exceptions_power
     np.power, ftype(2), ftype(2**fi.nexp))
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/
 test_numeric.py", line 261, in assert_raises_fpe
     "Type %s did not raise fpe error '%s'." % (ftype, fpeerr))
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/testing/utils.py", line
 34, in assert_
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError: Type <class 'numpy.float128'> did not raise fpe error
 'overflow'.
 }}}

 On OS X PPC there are more failures:
 {{{
 ======================================================================
 FAIL: Test basic arithmetic function errors
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/
 test_numeric.py", line 308, in test_floating_exceptions
     lambda a,b:a/b, ft_tiny, ft_max)
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/
 test_numeric.py", line 261, in assert_raises_fpe
     "Type %s did not raise fpe error '%s'." % (ftype, fpeerr))
   File "/sw/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/testing/utils.py", line
 34, in assert_
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError: Type <class 'numpy.float128'> did not raise fpe error
 'underflow'.
 }}}

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