[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1975: [Mixing integers and floats] : wrong results in algebraic equation

[NumPy Trac]

#1975: [Mixing integers and floats] : wrong results in algebraic equation
----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  bde      |       Owner:  somebody   
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  closed     
  Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
 Component:  Other    |     Version:  1.5.1      
Resolution:  wontfix  |    Keywords:             
----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
Changes (by rkern):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 `(12200**2) * (2**4)` is too large for a 32-bit int to hold. numpy types
 follow their C semantics (two's complement arithmetic to be precise), so
 the overflow int32 values become negative. Python int objects will
 silently upcast to unbounded long objects when they overflow. That's why
 you get the difference between using a Python int 2 and a numpy int32
 array with a 2 in it.

 Use `ar = ar.astype(float)` at the top of your function if you want to
 make sure it is treated as a float as soon as possible.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1975#comment:1>
NumPy <http://projects.scipy.org/numpy>
My example project