[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #2120: unravel_index(0, ()) should return ()

[NumPy Trac]

#2120: unravel_index(0, ()) should return ()
-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  njs          |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  Other        |     Version:  1.6.1      
 Keywords:               |  
-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
 Currently, this idiom works for all arrays that have ndim >= 1:

 {{{
 for i in xrange(np.prod(a.shape)):
   idx = np.unravel_index(i, a.shape)
   a[idx] = ...
 }}}

 (Obviously there are usually better ways to do this, but anyway.)

 But, it fails for 0-d arrays:

 {{{
 >>> np.unravel_index(0, ())
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 ValueError: dims must have at least one value
 }}}

 This should just return (), which is the unique index that can be used
 with 0-d arrays.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/2120>
NumPy <http://projects.scipy.org/numpy>
My example project