[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #2168: npyio.py --> recfromcsv seems to have a bug and ignores any dtypes provided

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#2168: npyio.py --> recfromcsv seems to have a bug and ignores any dtypes provided
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 Reporter:  kobejohn           |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect             |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.lib          |     Version:  devel      
 Keywords:  recfromcsv dtypes  |  
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 I found this due to someone having a problem not being able to load large
 integers with recfromcsv. After playing with it, I think it is simply
 ignoring all the dtype information provided.

 [https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/numpy/lib/npyio.py#L1859 Line
 1859 in npyio.py, part of recfromcsv()] tries to either bring in the
 dtypes passed or set None. However, it actually brings in a kwarg that I
 couldn't find anywhere else called 'update' which looks suspiciously like
 a copied mistype from earlier in the line.

 If I change 'update' --> 'dtype', then the types get picked up as
 expected.

 I found this in the github repo (although I may have been looking at the
 wrong branch) as well as 1.6.2

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