[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1845: The memory layout is wrong after sliced (was: Reading in pickled array slices gives a different memory structure than the one pickled out.)

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#1845: The memory layout is wrong after sliced
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 Reporter:  ddev            |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core      |     Version:  1.6.0      
 Keywords:  slice, strides  |  
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Changes (by turncc):

  * keywords:  => slice, strides
  * priority:  normal => high
  * component:  Other => numpy.core


Comment:

 It seems like a bug in the slicing algorithm.

 If you do following:
 {{{
 import numpy as np

 a = np.arange(5)
 b = a[::2]

 print 'strides of b:', b.data.strides
 print 'bytes   of b:', b.data.tobytes()
 }}}
 You will get:
 {{{
 strides of b: (8,)
 bytes   of b: b'\x02\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
 }}}

 Problem 1:
 {{{
 b's strides should be (4,) not (8,)
 }}}
 Problem 2:
 {{{
 The bytes of b should be
 b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00'
                      not
 b'\x02\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
 }}}

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