[SciPy-dev] object array question

[Jeff Whitaker]

Hi:  The following script:

import scipy.base as SP
al = []
for j in range(10):
    al.append(SP.arange(j+1))
a = SP.array(al,'O')
print a
print a[5][:]

crashes at the last line (using scipy_core 0.8.4) when trying to access 
the object array.

[mac28:~/python/netcdf4] jsw% python test_objectarr_sp.py
[array([0]), array([0, 1]), array([0, 1, 2]), array([0, 1, 2, 3]), 
array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]), array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]), array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, 6]), array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]), array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 
8]), array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_objectarr_sp.py", line 9, in ?
    print a[5][:]
ValueError: 0-d arrays can't be indexed.


In numarray, this worked:

import numarray.objects as SP
al = []
for j in range(10):
    al.append(SP.arange(j+1))
a = SP.array(al,typecode='O')
print a
print a[5][:]


[mac28:~/python/netcdf4] jsw% python test_objectarr_sp.py
[array([0]) array([0, 1]) array([0, 1, 2]) array([0, 1, 2, 3])
 array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]) array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
 array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
 array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
 array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])]
[0 1 2 3 4 5]


Any idea why scipy_core behaves this way?  How do you access the data in 
objects stored in a object array?

-Jeff

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