[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #2024: NULL bytes removed from end of string in NumPy array

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#2024: NULL bytes removed from end of string in NumPy array
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 Reporter:  edcjones                |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core              |     Version:  1.4.1      
 Keywords:  NULL terminated string  |  
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Comment(by edcjones):

 I am currently using up=to=date Debian testing (wheezy), amd64
 architecture.  I have packages python3, version 3.2.3~rc1-2, and
 python3-numpy, version 1:1.6.2-1.

 Numpy should not treat a Python 3.2 bytes object as a NULL terminated
 string because bytes objects can contain NULLs.

 Program:

 #! /usr/bin/env python3.2

 import numpy
 DT = numpy.dtype((bytes, 4))
 print(DT.type)
 b = b'\0bc\0'
 print(len(b), b)
 arr = numpy.array([b], dtype=DT)
 print(len(arr[0]), arr[0])

 Output:
 <class 'numpy.bytes_'>
 4 b'\x00bc\x00'
 3 b'\x00bc'

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