[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1071: loadtxt fails if the last column contains empty value

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#1071: loadtxt fails if the last column contains empty value
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 Reporter:  Electrion            |       Owner:  somebody    
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  1.6.0       
Component:  numpy.lib            |     Version:  devel       
 Keywords:  loadtxt ascii strip  |  
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Comment(by derek):

 Replying to [comment:8 derek]:
 > But if we want to preserve this functionality, the better fix I now
 realise is
 Umm, using {{{line.strip()}}} would remove tab-delimited lines with all
 blanks again, producing
 {{{
 >>> dt = np.dtype([('label', 'S4'), ('comment', 'S4')])
 >>> np.loadtxt(StringIO("aa\tbb\n \t \ncc\t"), delimiter='\t', dtype=dt)
 array([('aa', 'bb'), ('cc', '')],
       dtype=[('label', '|S4'), ('comment', '|S4')])
 }}}
 as compared to
 {{{
 >>> np.loadtxt(StringIO("aa,bb\n , \ncc,"), delimiter=',', dtype=dt)
 array([('aa', 'bb'), (' ', ' '), ('cc', '')],
       dtype=[('label', '|S4'), ('comment', '|S4')])
 }}}
 so I would really rather propose for the patch
 {{{
 +        if line.strip(' '):
 }}}

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