[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1948: chararray subscription returns empty string instead of empty list

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#1948: chararray subscription returns empty string instead of empty list
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 Reporter:  jazzer                  |       Owner:  somebody    
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  1.7.0       
Component:  numpy.core              |     Version:  1.5.1       
 Keywords:  chararray empty string  |  
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Comment(by rgommers):

 The proposed fix (returning []) is consistent with how plain arrays with
 string dtypes work:
 {{{
 >>> >>> s = np.array(['a', 'bb', 'cc'], dtype='S4')
 >>> >>> s[[]]
 array([],
       dtype='|S4')
 >>>
 >>> >>> a =
 np.rec.array([("a",1),("bb",2),("cc",3)],dtype=[('s','|S4'),('n','i4')])
 >>> >>> a.s[[]]
 []
 >>>
 >>> >>> s == a.s
 array([ True,  True,  True], dtype=bool)
 >>>
 >>> >>> type(s)
 <type 'numpy.ndarray'>
 >>> >>> type(a.s)
 <class 'numpy.core.defchararray.chararray'>
 }}}

 The proposed fix does break another test though:
 {{{
 ======================================================================
 FAIL: test_expandtabs (test_defchararray.TestMethods)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Users/rgommers/Code/numpy/numpy/core/tests/test_defchararray.py",
 line 330, in test_expandtabs
     assert_(T[2][0] == asbytes('123      345'))
   File "/Users/rgommers/Code/numpy/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 34, in
 assert_
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError
 }}}

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